Thoughts on Luke. Luke chapter 9, verses 37 to 40. The boy. And part one. The boy, part one. Luke 9, 37 to 40. Jesus and the disciples come down from the Mount of Transfiguration. And what do they do? They come straight into the midst of trouble and strife and grief. The next day we read, having left the mountain, they're in the middle again of trouble, pain, anxiety, strife and grief. This is life, my friend, brother and sister. This is what it is for us. We can't dwell forever on the mountaintop. We have to come to the valley too. We have to face the stern realities down below. We can't always live on the mountaintop. This is true for me, it's true for you, it's true for us all. We can't always be on holiday. We can't always have a conference which we're enjoying. We can't always be on the mountaintop. These disciples couldn't stay on the Mount of Transfiguration. And what do they meet when they come down? Well, they meet a desperate man. There's a crowd around. And this man, he calls out to Christ as teacher. He's desperate. What is he desperate about? He's desperate about his boy, his lad, his only child. Now the thing I see here is he knew where to look in his desperation. Do you know where to look? I'm a believer, do you know where to look? Oh, I look to church, do you? Well, you're looking in the wrong place. I look to the pastor, how are you? Well, you're looking in the wrong place. I look to this and that and the other. What do you look for? I look to my own efforts and so on. You're looking in the wrong place. Look unto Jesus, look unto Jesus, look unto me and be ye saved to all the ends of the earth, for I am God and there is none else. I beg you, look at my son. That's what the man said. I'm desperate. I can't do anything about it. Your disciples can't do anything about it. I suppose the doctors couldn't do anything about it. Nobody could do anything about it. But I believe, I hope, I trust that you can do something about it. He's my only child. He's afflicted. He has convulsions. And it's almost a constant thing. I begged, I begged your disciples, but they can't do anything. And it's going to destroy him if it carries on. Please help me. Please help me. They wanted to help. I'm sure they did. I didn't say so, but I'm convinced that they're well-meaning, these people, the doctors and the disciples. They really wanted to help. The point is, though, they had no power to help. They had no ability to help. They couldn't help the lad. I mention the church, I mention pastors, I mention this and that and the other, you can look anywhere, but those places you look, they don't have the power. They don't have the power. Christ and Christ only. This is an awful case. It's a hopeless case. This man is helpless. What about the lad? I'm talking about the man, but what about the lad himself, thrown down, torn about convulsions in a desperate state? The man is at his wits' end. I dare say the boy is too. The disciples are at their wits' end. The crowd's at their wits' end. But the man looked to Jesus, and that's the answer. Looking unto Jesus. The believer does looking unto Jesus, the author and the finisher of our faith. Unbeliever, look to him. I've already quoted it, Isaiah 45 verse 22. Look to me and be saved. All the ends of the earth, I don't care where you are, Spain, Africa, China, wherever you're listening to this, look to Jesus and you will be saved. Will you? Do you? What do I mean? Will you look? Do you look? Are you looking to him, trusting him now? Trusting him and his merits, his person, his works, his blood, his righteousness, his cross, his resurrection is coming again. Will you look to him? and be saved.