From J. C. Philpot's Daily Portions
July 14 "Look unto me, and be saved, all the ends of the earth;
for I am God, and there is no other." Isaiah 45:22 Until in soul feeling, we are at "the ends of the earth,"
we have no eyes to see, no ears to hear, no hearts to feel what a glorious
Mediator there is at the right hand of the Father. And the more we feel to
be at "the ends of the earth," the deeper is our need of him; and as the
Spirit unfolds the mystery of the glorious Person of Christ, and reveals his
beauty, the more does he become the object of the soul's admiration and
adoration. And O what a Mediator is held out in the word of truth to living
faith! What a subject for spiritual faith to look to, for a lively hope to
anchor in, and for divine love to embrace! That the Son of God, who lay in
the bosom of the Father from all eternity, equal with the Father and the
Holy Spirit, the second Person in the glorious Trinity, should condescend to
take upon him our nature, that he might groan, suffer, bleed, and die for
guilty wretches, who, if permitted, would have ruined their souls a thousand
times a day--what a wonder of wonders! But we cannot enter into, nor feel the power of this
mystery until we are reduced to such circumstances, that none but such a
Savior can save our souls. Can we do anything to save ourselves? Then we
need no help from that mighty One on whom God has laid help; and we secretly
reject him. Can we heal ourselves? Then we do not need the good Physician.
But when our eyes are opened to see our own thorough ruin and helplessness,
and to view the glorious Person of the Son of God, faith is drawn out to
flee to and rest upon that glorious Object.