Remember, it is not your hold of Christ that saves you: it is Christ! It is not your joy in Christ that saves you: it is Christ! It is not your faith in Christ, though that is the instrument; it is Christ's blood and merit. Therefore, look not so much to your hand, with which you are grasping Christ, as to Christ; look not to your hope, but to Jesus, the source of your hope; look not to your faith, but to Jesus the author and finisher of faith.
We shall never find happiness by looking at our prayers, our doing, or our feelings; it is what Jesus is, not what we are, that gives rest to our souls. If we would at once overcome Satan, and have peace with God, it must be by "looking unto Jesus." Let not your hopes or fears come between you and Jesus; follow hard after Him, and He will never fail you.
That day of wrath, that dreadful day,
When heaven and earth shall pass away!
What power shall be the sinner's stay?
How shall he meet that dreadful day?