Stop-Look-Listen

 •  3 min. read  •  grade level: 4
 
To men and women rushing along the crowded highways of life comes a warning signal: "Stop—Look—Listen." More than life depends on the response of all of you who are speeding into eternity. Your soul's eternal destiny will be determined by the decision you make after you stop, look, and listen to God's warning signal.
STOP
Are you at wit's end corner, not knowing which way to turn? Are the odds all against you? Have you come to the end of yourself? Then stop! Stand still before Him who says, "Be still, and know that I am God." Psalm 46:1010Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth. (Psalm 46:10).
LOOK
"Look unto Me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else." Isaiah 45:2222Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else. (Isaiah 45:22).
Yes, look to the Savior who died on Calvary. There the Lord Jesus Christ shed His blood which cleanses from all sin. There He laid down His life for you. Remember, "the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." Romans 6:2323For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. (Romans 6:23).
"Look, look, look, and live.
There is life in a look at the crucified One,
There is life at this moment for thee."
LISTEN
Do not listen to the noise and bustle all around, nor to the organizations of men which call to you offering peace and an end to all worry. All these are vain and empty promises. What, then, can you listen to in a time of need?
Stand still, look unto Jesus, and listen to Him alone. Do you not hear Him? A still, small voice is speaking to your heart. What tender love is in that voice, what comfort and assurance to your soul! It is Jesus speaking: "Him that cometh to Me I will in no wise cast out." John 6:3737All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out. (John 6:37). He is speaking directly to you. Listen! "Hear Him," for this is God's command.
Stop! See the "Salvation of the Lord." You are at a crossroad—the warning signal is before you— Stop.
Look! See your only salvation from the wages of your sins which is death. Look to Jesus, the author and finisher of faith, "who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God." Hebrews 12:22Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. (Hebrews 12:2).
Listen! There are two voices. Satan, the liar and the father of lies, questions: "Hath God said?" But listen carefully! God, who cannot lie, says: "The wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." Romans 6:2323For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. (Romans 6:23). "HEAR HIM."
"Whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life." John 4:1414But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life. (John 4:14).