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Our Example
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He was seeking to bless and to save. Yet He did not fail or become
discouraged.
In all things He brought His wishes into strict abeyance to His
mission. He glorified His life by making everything in it subordinate
to the will of His Father. When in His youth His mother, finding
Him in the school of the rabbis, said, “Son, why hast Thou thus
dealt with us?” He answered,—and His answer is the keynote of His
lifework,—“How is it that ye sought Me? wist ye not that I must be
about My Father’s business?”
Luke 2:48, 49
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His life was one of constant self-sacrifice. He had no home in
this world except as the kindness of friends provided for Him as a
wayfarer. He came to live in our behalf the life of the poorest and to
walk and work among the needy and the suffering. Unrecognized
and unhonored, He walked in and out among the people for whom
He had done so much.
He was always patient and cheerful, and the afflicted hailed Him
as a messenger of life and peace. He saw the needs of men and
women, children and youth, and to all He gave the invitation, “Come
unto Me.”
During His ministry, Jesus devoted more time to healing the
sick than to preaching. His miracles testified to the truth of His
words, that He came not to destroy, but to save. Wherever He went,
the tidings of His mercy preceded Him. Where He had passed, the
objects of His compassion were rejoicing in health and making trial
of their new-found powers. Crowds were collecting around them to
hear from their lips the works that the Lord had wrought. His voice
was the first sound that many had ever heard, His name the first word
they had ever spoken, His face the first they had ever looked upon.
Why should they not love Jesus and sound His praise? As He passed
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through the towns and cities He was like a vital current, diffusing
life and joy.
“The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali,
Toward the sea, beyond the Jordan,
Galilee of the nations,
The people that sat in darkness
Saw a great light,