going to go across the ocean safely. Looking at him I took courage. I said, “Thank you Lord. What a pilot he is. A MILE AND A HALF FROM CHURCH We're a mile and a half from church you know Let it rain today, we just couldn't go; We'd go ten miles to a dance or a show Though the rain should fall and the wind should blow. But the church is different, we'd have you know. That's why when it rains, we just can't go. But we always go to the things we like And we ride if we can, if we can't, well, we'll hike. We're a mile and a half from church you know And the tire is flat, so sorry we can't go; We'd fix it twice to make a visit And if there's a ball game we wouldn't miss it. We'd mend that tire if at all we could And if we couldn't, we'd go afoot; For hunting pleasure is all the style, So the church will just have to wait awhile. We're a mile and a half from church you know And our friends are coming so we can't go; To disappoint friends would seem un kind But to neglect worship we don't mind. We may please our friends here on earth And spend the time in feasting and mirth; Perhaps some time, when we near the end of our day, We'll go to church and we'll mend our way. — Herbert Harkens - 10 years old That man has been through many a storm. He knows what to do with the ship.” Well, beloved, the same thing is true of the Saviour. Look unto Jesus with your troubles, difficulties, and cir cumstances. 30
The Look of Faith (continued) The Levite came along and he looked on the poor fellow. This man was down in the gutter; he had been beaten up and robbed. The Levite, too, looked at him and passed by on the other side. Then the good Samaritan came along and it affected his heart. He took him up and put him on his own beast. He took him to a hotel, and paid the bill, so that dear fellow could get well. So!, the Lord looks at you and me, to see whether we are doing anything about what we see. We see the fields and the heartbreaks. We see the prisons, the asylums, the orphan homes and the graveyards all filling with ungodly, unsaved people who live and die with out Christ and without hope. The Lord sees what effect it has upon us. Ask yourself, “When I open my pocketbook, do I also open my heart?” In Hebrews 12:2 we read, “Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith.” That is, we look away from our assets and our inefficiencies unto the Lord Jesus who is able to make us able servants of God. When the disci ples saw the Lord, they were glad, not sad. When they saw the Lord their tears stopped. They went out into the world to spread the Gospel of God’s grace. They saw the wounded hands, feet and side as Thomas did, who said, “My Lord, and my God.” This couldn’t be true of any other religious leader. But here is a lovely living Saviour on the throne. We can look to Him and feast our eyes upon Him. Of us it will be 'true as with the woman of old, “Then was she glad when she saw the Lord.” I remember one time when I was on the sea in a terrible storm. I looked up and went to the front of the boat be cause I love a storm. The ship was being tossed around like a cork. I looked up at the cabin and there was the captain smiling down and waving his hand at me. He pointed up to heaven and then he pointed down and shook his head. Then he pointed up to heaven again. He was telling me that there is a God in heaven, and that we weren’t going to go down. We were
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