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Walk In The Footsteps Of Jesus, September 30
And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to
every man according to his several ability.
Matthew 25:15
.
Study the instruction found in
Matthew 25:14-46
. Compare this instruction
with your life record. Let every man put away his boasting.... Let us walk in the
footsteps of Christ in all the humility of true faith. Let us put away all self-trust,
committing ourselves, day by day and hour by hour, to the Saviour, constantly
receiving and imparting His grace. I beg those who profess to believe in Christ
to walk humbly before God. Pride and self-exaltation are an offense to Him. “If
any man will come after me,” Christ declares, “let him deny himself, and take up
his cross, and follow me” (
Matthew 16:24
). Those only who obey this word will
He recognize as His believing ones. “As many as received him, to them gave he
power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: which
were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of
God” (
John 1:12, 13
).
“And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us” (
verse 14
). O wonderful
condescension! The Prince of heaven, the Commander of the heavenly hosts,
stepped down from His high position, laid aside His royal robe and kingly crown,
and clothed His divinity with humanity, that He might become the divine Teacher
of all classes of men, and live before human beings a life free from all selfishness
and sin, setting them an example of what, through His grace, they may become.
“The Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the
glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth” (
verse 14
).
Praise God for this wonderful statement. The possibilities that it presents seem
almost too great for us to grasp, and put to shame our weakness and our unbelief.
I praise God that I can see my Saviour by faith. My soul grasps the great gift.
Our only hope in this life is to reach forth the hand of faith, and grasp the hand
outstretched to save. “Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the
world” (
verse 29
). If we would look away from self to Jesus, making Him our
Guide, the world would see in our churches a power that it does not now see.
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