Looking unto JESUS

"And they sought Him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance, and found Him not." -Luke 2:44, 45 [KJV]

 

May we not gather a lesson of sweet instruction from the anxious and fruitless search the parents made for Jesus in the days of His flesh? What kinsfolks and acquaintances shall we now search among for the Saviour? My soul, how little of Jesus is to be found in this Christless generation! What parlour conversation makes mention of His name? Is it not plain and evident, from the general, nay almost universal silence observed in all companies concerning His name, and offices, and characters, and relations, that Christ is not there?  

 

Shall we seek Him among the professors of the gospel? Who are they that honour Jesus? Not they who deny His Godhead; not they who deny the influences of His Holy Spirit; not they who set up their own righteousness as part, or the whole of their justification before God. Jesus is not in that house, in that family, in that heart, among that people who live in sensuality, profaneness, and impiety. Where shall we seek Jesus?  

 

Blessed Lord, mine eyes are unto Thee to be taught. I would say unto Thee, in the language of the church, "Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon. Oh when I shall find thee without, I would lead thee, and bring thee into my mother's house, who would instruct me; and I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine of the juice of my pomegranate." 

 

-preacher Robert Hawker (1753-1827 A.D.)

June 29th, THE POOR MAN'S MORNING PORTION 

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