The Holy Spirit has one great work: to turn your eyes away from yourself and fix them on Jesus. But Satan? His work is exactly the opposite. He is constantly trying to make you stare at yourself instead of Christ.

Listen to his whispers: "Your sins are too great to be forgiven. You don't have enough faith. You haven't repented properly. You'll never make it to the end. You don't have the joy that God's children should have. Your grip on Jesus is so weak."

Do you hear it? Every one of those thoughts is about you. And friend, you will never find comfort or assurance by looking at yourself. Never.

But the Holy Spirit turns your eyes completely away from self. He tells you straight: you are nothing, but "Christ is all in all." So get this into your soul—it is not your hold on Christ that saves you. It is Christ. It is not your joy in Christ that saves you. It is Christ. It is not even your faith in Christ, though faith is the instrument. It is Christ's blood and merits.

So stop staring at the hand that's trying to grasp him. Look at him! Stop examining your hope. Look to Jesus, the source of that hope. Stop measuring your faith. Look to Jesus, the author and finisher of your faith.

We will never find peace by evaluating our prayers, our performance, or our feelings. What gives rest to the soul is not what we are. It is what Jesus is.

If you want to defeat Satan right now, if you want peace with God today, there's only one way: look to Jesus. Keep your eyes fixed simply on him. Let his death, his suffering, his merits, his glory, his ongoing intercession fill your mind. When you wake up tomorrow morning, look to him. When you lie down tonight, look to him.

Oh! Don't let your hopes or your fears get between you and Jesus. Follow hard after him. He will never, never fail you.

"My hope is built on nothing less than Jesus' blood and righteousness. I dare not trust the sweetest frame, but wholly lean on Jesus' name."