Daily Affirmations - Day 2 - Carrying The Cross - Look to Jesus
Day 2: Look to Jesus
When they came to Marah, they could not drink its water because it was bitter. (That is why the place is called Marah.) So the people grumbled against Moses, saying, “What are we to drink?” Then Moses cried out to the Lord, and the Lord showed him a piece of wood. He threw it into the water, and the water became fit to drink (Exodus 15:23-25).
It was not gold; it was not a precious stone that sweetened the waters of Marah, but a tree—type of the tree of Calvary— type of Christ, "The Branch," who hath brought sweetness and consolation to us pilgrims and sinners.
O when thy heart hath bitterness,
A secret grief and weight of care,
Repine thou not ;
the Marah-tide
Will gladden if "The Branch" be there.
Look to the Cross ; its sacred might,
The lone and fainting soul shall save ;
And life's dark stream roll sweet and bright,
If this be cast upon the wave.
~ Following Jesus and Other Poems
When at Thine altar, Lord, I kneel,
And view Thy cross uplifted there ;
When with the organ's sweetest peal,
We send to Thee our solemn prayer
The thought of heaven inspires the soul,
And gives it wings of faith to rise,
And join the saintly notes that roll
Thro' Thy cathedral of the skies
~ From Following Jesus and Other Poems
I’ve a message from the Lord, hallelujah!
This message unto you I’ll give,
’Tis recorded in His word, hallelujah!
It is only that you “look and live.”
Refrain:
“Look and live,” my brother, live,
Look to Jesus now, and live;
’Tis recorded in His word, hallelujah!
It is only that you “look and live.”
I’ve a message full of love, hallelujah!
A message, O my friend, for you,
’Tis a message from above, hallelujah!
Jesus said it, and I know ’tis true.
Life is offered unto you, hallelujah!
Eternal life thy soul shall have,
If you’ll only look to Him, hallelujah!
Look to Jesus who alone can save.
I will tell you how I came, hallelujah!
To Jesus when He made me whole—
’Twas believing on His name, hallelujah!
I trusted and He saved my soul
~ William A. Ogden, 1887
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