Look at the Cross, not only for your needs, but to feel the heart of God who gave His Son for you. May His love touch your heart and give you true life today.
We often make the same mistake as the people of Israel. When life is good, we give thanks, but when problems come, we complain and blame easily.
The Israelites did the same. They traveled through the desert and received many blessings from God. God gave them food from heaven, water in a dry land, and protection through a pillar of cloud and fire. But as time passed, they lost their thankful heart and began to complain again.
Then the Bible says, “The Lord sent fiery serpents among the people and they bit the people, so that many people of Israel died” (Numbers 21:6). When the people repented, God told Moses, “Make a fiery serpent and set it on a pole, and everyone who is bitten, when he looks at it, shall live” (Numbers 21:8).
Moses made a bronze serpent and lifted it high. The Bible says, “When anyone who was bitten looked at the bronze serpent, he lived” (Numbers 21:9). People who were dying were saved simply by looking at it.
This event points to Jesus Christ. Jesus said, “Just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, that whoever believes in Him may have eternal life” (John 3:14–15).
In the past, people looked at the bronze serpent and received life. Today, we look at the Cross and receive salvation. But how do you look at the Cross? Do you look at it only to receive blessings or to solve your problems?
When you look at the Cross, the first thing you must feel is the heart of God. When His Son was dying on the Cross, how painful was the heart of God the Father? No parent can watch their child suffer without deep pain. God endured that pain because He wanted to save you.
Jesus also loved you and endured the suffering of the Cross until the end. The Cross is the evidence of God’s love for you. Today, look at the Cross with love, not only with need.
Rev. Gideon Kim
