Where do you look when things are gloomy and hopeless? More often than not I find myself looking inward, feeling my own pain, commiserating with myself. I look inward because I have looked behind at all the failures, the mistakes, the betrayals. I look inward because I look around and see a world that is falling apart, being led down the rose lined path to perdition. I look ahead and I just can't see anything because I'm not a prophet, but based on what's behind and all around, it can't be good. So I look inward and see how beggarly my spirit is.
Actually all I have to do is look up! Look up because that is where the prize will come from. Look up, because that is where Jesus is. Look up, because when you look up you can't see the world around you. Look up and be lifted from your gloom and despair. Look up because Jesus may come today!
