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(J.R. Miller, "Help for the Day")
"If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me." Matthew 16:24
" And after these things he went forth, and saw a publican, named Levi, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he said unto him, Follow me. And he left all, rose up, and followed him." Luke 5:27-28
" Lo, we have left all, and have followed thee." Mark 10:28
To follow Christ is to go where He leads, without questioning or demurring. It may be to a life of trial, suffering, or sacrifice--but no matter; we have nothing whatever to do with the kind of life to which our Lord calls us. Our only simple duty is to obey and follow.
We know that Jesus will lead us only in right paths, and that the way He takes slopes upward and ends in eternal glory!
Each new day on which we are about to enter is unopened, and we know not what shall befall us; but if we follow Christ, we need have no fear. So let us leave the old day with gratitude to God for its mercies, with penitence for its failures and sins--and let us enter the new day with earnest resolve in Christ's name to make it the holiest and most beautiful we have ever lived, as we follow Him.
" My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand." John 10:27-28
(J.R. Miller, "Help for the Day")
"If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me." Matthew 16:24
" And after these things he went forth, and saw a publican, named Levi, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he said unto him, Follow me. And he left all, rose up, and followed him." Luke 5:27-28
" Lo, we have left all, and have followed thee." Mark 10:28
To follow Christ is to go where He leads, without questioning or demurring. It may be to a life of trial, suffering, or sacrifice--but no matter; we have nothing whatever to do with the kind of life to which our Lord calls us. Our only simple duty is to obey and follow.
We know that Jesus will lead us only in right paths, and that the way He takes slopes upward and ends in eternal glory!
Each new day on which we are about to enter is unopened, and we know not what shall befall us; but if we follow Christ, we need have no fear. So let us leave the old day with gratitude to God for its mercies, with penitence for its failures and sins--and let us enter the new day with earnest resolve in Christ's name to make it the holiest and most beautiful we have ever lived, as we follow Him.
" My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand." John 10:27-28
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