Saturday, November 12, 2011

"And it came to pass in those days


 "And it came to pass in those days, that He went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God."
—Luke 6:12.

IF ever one of woman born might have lived without prayer, it was our spotless, perfect a Lord, and yet none was ever so much in supplication as He! Such was His love to His Father, that He loved much to be in communion with Him: such His love for His people, that He desired to be much in intercession for them.

 The fact of this eminent prayerfulness of Jesus is a lesson for us—He hath given us an example that we may follow in His steps. 

The time He chose was admirable, it was the hour of silence, when the crowd would not disturb Him; the time of inaction, when all but Himself had ceased to labour; and the season when slumber made men forget their woes, and cease their applications to Him for relief. 

While others found rest in sleep, He refreshed Himself with prayer.

 The place was also well selected. He was alone where none would intrude, where none could observe: thus was He free from Pharisaic ostentation and vulgar interruption. 

Those dark and silent hills were a fit oratory for the Son of God.  

Heaven and earth in midnight stillness heard the groans and sighs of the mysterious Being in whom both worlds were blended. 

The continuance of His pleadings is remarkable; the long watches were not too long; the cold wind did not chill His devotions; the grim darkness did not darken His faith, or loneliness check His importunity. 

We cannot watch with Him one hour, but He watched for us whole nights.

 The occasion for this prayer is notable; it was after His enemies had been enraged—prayer was His refuge and solace; it was before He sent forth the twelve apostles—prayer was the gate of His enterprise, the herald of His new work.

 Should we not learn from Jesus to resort to special prayer when we are under peculiar trial, or contemplate fresh endeavours for the Master's glory? 
Lord Jesus, teach us to pray.

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Friday, November 11, 2011

"He shall choose our inheritance for us."

"He shall choose our inheritance for us."—Psalm 47:4.

BELIEVER, if your inheritance be a lowly one you should be satisfied with your earthly portion; for you may rest assured that it is the fittest for you. 


Unerring wisdom ordained your lot, and selected for you the safest and best condition.

A ship of large tonnage is to be brought up the river; now, in one part of the stream there is a sandbank; should some one ask, "Why does the captain steer through the deep part of the channel and deviate so much from a straight line?" His answer would be, "Because I should not get my vessel into harbour at all if I did not keep to the deep channel."


 So, it may be, you would run aground and suffer shipwreck, if your divine Captain did not steer you into the depths of affliction where waves of trouble follow each other in quick succession. 


Some plants die if they have too much sunshine.
 It may be that you are planted where you get but little, you are put there by the loving Husbandman, because only in that situation will you bring forth fruit unto perfection. 


Remember this, had any other condition been better for you than the one in which you are, divine love would have put you there. 


You are placed by God in the most suitable circumstances, and if you had the choosing of your lot, you would soon cry, "Lord, choose my inheritance for me, for by my self-will I am pierced through with many sorrows." 


Be content with such things as you have, since the Lord has ordered all things for your good. 


Take up your own daily cross; it is the burden best suited for your shoulder, and will prove most effective to make you perfect in every good word and work to the glory of God. 


Down busy self, and proud impatience, it is not for you to choose, but for the Lord of Love!



"Trials must and will befall—
But with humble faith to see
Love inscribed upon them all;
This is happiness to me."











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Thursday, November 10, 2011

"It is enough for the disciple that he be as His Master."

"It is enough for the disciple that he be as His Master."—Matthew 10:25.
NO one will dispute this statement, for it would be unseemly for the servant to be exalted above his Master. 


When our Lord was on earth, what was the treatment He received? 
Were His claims acknowledged, His instructions followed, His perfections worshipped, by those whom He came to bless? No; "He was despised and rejected of men."


 Outside the camp was His place: cross-bearing was His occupation.
 Did the world yield Him solace and rest? "Foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay His head."


 This inhospitable country afforded Him no shelter: it cast Him out and crucified Him. 
Such—if you are a follower of Jesus, and maintain a consistent, Christ-like walk and conversation—you must expect to be the lot of that part of your spiritual life which, in its outward development, comes under the observation of men. 


They will treat it as they treated the Saviour—they will despise it. 
Dream not that worldlings will admire you, or that the more holy and the more Christ-like you are, the more peaceably people will act towards you. 


They prized not the polished gem, how should they value the jewel in the rough? "If they have called t
he Master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of His household?" If we were more like Christ, we should be more hated by His enemies.


 It were a sad dishonour to a child of God to be the world's favourite. It is a very ill omen to hear a wicked world clap its hands and shout "Well done" to the Christian man.


 He may begin to look to his character, and wonder whether he has not been doing wrong, when the unrighteous give him their approbation.
 Let us be true to our Master, and have no friendship with a blind and base world which scorns and rejects Him. 


Far be it from us to seek a crown of honour where our Lord found a coronet of thorn.

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Wednesday, November 9, 2011

"So walk ye in Him."

"So walk ye in Him."—Colossians 2:6.

IF we have received Christ Himself in our inmost hearts, our new life will manifest its intimate acquaintance with Him by a walk of faith in Him.

Walking implies action.
Our religion is not to be confined to our closet; we must carry out into practical effect that which we believe. If a man walks in Christ, then he so acts as Christ would act; for Christ being in him, his hope, his love, his joy, his life, he is the reflex of the image of Jesus; and men say of that man,
"He is like his Master; he lives like Jesus Christ."

Walking signifies progress. "So walk ye in Him";
proceed from grace to grace, run forward until you reach the uttermost degree of knowledge that a man can attain concerning our Beloved. Walking implies continuance.

There must be a perpetual abiding in Christ. How many Christians think that in the morning and evening they ought to come into the company of Jesus, and may then give their hearts to the world all the day: but this is poor living; we should always be with Him, treading in His steps and doing His will.

Walking also implies habit.
When we speak of a man's walk and conversation, we mean his habits, the constant tenour of his life.

Now, if we sometimes enjoy Christ, and then forget Him; sometimes call Him ours, and anon lose our hold, that is not a habit; we do not walk in Him.

We must keep to Him, cling to Him, never let Him go, but live and have our being in Him.
 "As ye have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in Him";

persevere in the same way in which ye have begun, and, as at the first Christ Jesus was the trust of your faith, the source of your life, the principle of your action, and the joy of your spirit, so let Him be the same till life's end; the same when you walk through the valley of the shadow of death, and enter into the joy and the rest which remain for the people of God.

O Holy Spirit, enable us to obey this heavenly precept.



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