Beholding is Believing

Joh 3:14  And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:

Joh 3:15  That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

The following is another excerpt from  'The Pursuit of God' - by A.W. Tozer

'Now, if faith is the gaze of the heart at God, and if this gaze is but the raising of the inward eyes to meet the all-seeing eyes of God, then it follows that it is one of the EASIEST THINGS POSSIBLE TO DO. It would be like God to make the most vital thing easy and place it within the range of POSSIBILITY for the WEAKEST  and POOREST of us.

Several conclusions may fairly be drawn from all this. The simplicity of it, for instance.

Since believing is looking, it can be done WITHOUT special equipment or religious paraphernalia.

God has seen to it that the one life-and-death essential can NEVER be subject to the caprice of accident.

Equipment can break down or get lost, water can leak away, records can be destroyed by fire, the minister can be delayed or the church burn down. All these are external to the soul and are subject to accident or mechanical failure: but _LOOKING_ is of the HEART and can be done successfully by ANY man standing up or kneeling down or lying in his last agony a thousand miles from any church.

Since believing is looking it can be done _ANY TIME_.

No season is superior to another season for this sweetest of all acts. God never made salvation depend upon new moons nor holy days or sabbaths. A man is not nearer to Christ on Easter Sunday than he is, say, on Saturday, August 3, or Monday, October 4. As long as Christ sits on the mediatorial throne every day is a good day and all days are days of salvation.

Neither does _place_ matter in this blessed work of believing God. Lift your heart and let it rest upon Jesus and you are instantly in a sanctuary though it be a Pullman berth or a factory or a kitchen. You can see God from ANYWHERE if your mind is set to love and obey Him.'

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Looking is Believing--

Joh 3:14  And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:

Joh 3:15  That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

Num 21:7  Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the LORD, and against thee; pray unto the LORD, that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people.

Num 21:8  And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live.

Num 21:9  And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.

All who LOOKED upon the fiery brass serpent upon this pole that Moses made, they were HEALED if a serpent bit them!

Symbolic, so incredibly symbolic for us as CHRIST Himself noted.  Christ said -  AS MOSES LIFTED UP THE SERPENT IN THE WILDERNESS- EVEN SO MUST THE SON OF MAN BE LIFTED UP THAT WHOSEOVER BELIEVETH IN HIM SHOULD NOT PERISH BUT HAVE ETERNAL LIFE.

Christ is the One we must LOOK to and NO we cannot behold Him physically, tangibly, but we can behold Him SPIRITUALLY!  Is it any wonder ALL Christ followers must be born again of the Spirit? It is through the Spirit we see, we behold Jesus Christ our Savior, the Lamb Slain lifted up upon a cross for ALL to see, for ALL to know Him and His wondrous mercy.

What A. W. Tozer speaks of above is truth. Does He have all the truth? Perhaps for His day, perhaps for His spiritual walk. I do know what He writes above is truth.

We are NEVER put in any position where we cannot look to Christ, not a single one. NOTHING, absolutely NOTHING can separate us from a Savior who we can behold at ANY TIME, ANY PLACE.

This is truth and this is BEHOLDING is BELIEVING.

May we comprehend and avail ourselves OFTEN of our amazing, incomprehensibly wonderful ability to behold- ALL made possible by our SAVIOR, our LORD, JESUS CHRIST!

Now and forever!

Amen!