The record we have in Luke 21:28 is that Jesus told His disciples to ... "look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption draws near" (The Gideons International Version.) This was when they had asked Him in verse 7, ... "Teacher, but when will these things be ...?"

He had told them many things in this chapter of the Bible in answer to their question, and finally talked about false prophets who will come in His name.

If the Creator of the universe asks you to look up, wouldn’t you do so for your own good? "Look up" could mean many things to many people, but to me, taken literally, it means that you should cheer up in a hopeless situation.

In this sinful, adulterous and wicked world, a lot of things will make many people to lose hope of survival. The Master Jesus is saying, "look up" ... and not only looking up, but that our redemption or salvation is drawing near.

"Look up" again means that you are walking or coming out of that hopeless situation you have found yourself in. It is most likely that some people wouldn’t like to look up because they might say, "suppose I look up, and nothing happens?"

We will consider this statement of Jesus from two angles:

(1) If He tells you to look up, and that your problems will soon be over, yours is to believe Him. The answer may not come immediately, but you should believe. When God promised Abraham a son at the age of 75, the promise came to pass after 25 solid years. In the sight of God, He never delayed - it was just like one minute interval.

(2) You will agree with me that a similar command was given to the children of Israel when they were on their journey to the promised land. God commanded Moses to make a brazen serpent, and hang it a pole, and that whoever that was bitten by the serpent, if he looked up, would live. It was so that those who looked up didn’t die (Numbers 21: 6-9.)

So, I want to encourage you to look up because you will soon come out of that problem in Jesus’ name.

May you be blessed!