Look To The Lord

-March 10, 2025-

Good morning beloved, happy Monday,

“Therefore I will look to the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation; my God will hear me.”

(Micah 7:7).

It is easy to look to others for our confidence and help. Today’s verse shows the true source of our confidence is in the Lord.

The Lord always has time for us and hears us; you don’t need an appointment. He already knows what we need and when we need it. There are two things we can do: look to the Lord and wait for Him. Both are in tandem with each other.

Everything demands our attention in this hectic, fast paced world. We see many things around us on a daily basis. We can’t see the Lord with our natural eyes, but we can see Him with the eyes of our heart.

Another of the hymns I love so much is, “Turn your eyes upon Jesus written by Helen H. Lemmel. The chorus says, “Turn your eyes upon Jesus, look full in His wonderful face, and the things of earth will grow strangely dim in the light of His glory and grace.”

Looking to the Lord takes both effort and desire. Yesterday I panicked when I lost my wallet. I had just given a message on faith yesterday morning at church and I believe the Lord was testing me to see how I would handle this situation, not as well as I would have liked. I prayed earnestly that I would find it. When I couldn’t find it at home I figured it must have fallen out at the restaurant where we had lunch after church. So I jumped in my car in search of my wallet. The pants I wear do have short pockets.

When I arrived at the restaurant I looked first where I sat earlier but I couldn’t find it. Then I asked the proprietor if anyone had found a wallet. He said no. I was thinking I would have to cancel my debit and credit cards, get a new drivers license, and all the rest. I walked out in sadness, but thought I am going to look one more time inside the restaurant. Sure enough I found it. It had fallen out of my pocket and into a crevice behind the booth where I was sitting. It was not easily seen, but there it was, fully intact. I felt such relief and learned an important lesson to look to the Lord, trust in Him, and wait upon Him, and never give up looking.

Let us then look to the Lord in our times of need, yes, even when things are going well. It reminds me of the parable of the Lost Coin in Luke 15. She had 10 special coins and lost one of them. She swept the house and turned it upside down. She finally found it and rejoiced and her neighbors rejoiced with her.

Have a blessed day looking to Jesus and keeping our eyes on Him. Stay safe and healthy.

One look to Jesus is better than a thousand looks anywhere else.

Dean