One look can be a defining moment in your life. One look can bring overwhelming temptation. One look can touch your heart for someone in need. One look can strike fear in your heart. There is power in one look for good or evil. It has been said, "One picture is worth a thousand words." One look can make an impression upon your mind that changes your life. One look is enough.
One look is enough to change your life forever, "looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God" (Hebrews 12:2). One look is enough to see Jesus enduring the shame of our sins on the cross. Seeing Him who never sinned suffering for your sins is enough to be the defining moment in your life forever.
Unbelief refuses to think that a man dying on a cross many centuries ago could ever make any difference today. However, faith sees the Son of God dying for sinners. Faith testifies, "In my place condemned He died. He died for my sins, even all of them." The believer says, "The blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin" (1 John 1:7).
What is faith that saves us from all of our sins? That faith is looking unto Jesus. One look is enough, by the Spirit of grace, to change your life forever. When God's grace opens the eyes of your understanding, one look is enough.
