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Empty of Pride and Self-esteem, October 16
As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him.
Colossians 2:6
.
When our hearts are sanctified by the truth, they will be in unity with the
heart of Christ. Says the apostle, “Let this mind be in you, which was also
in Christ Jesus” (
Philippians 2:5
). Is self-seeking, self-exaltation pressing
its way into your soul? Contemplate Jesus your Saviour. Think how He
humbled Himself. He was Commander in the heavenly courts, but He laid
aside His crown, His kingly robe, and clothed His divinity with humanity,
that humanity might touch humanity, and divinity lay hold upon divinity. For
the sake of fallen man He humbled Himself.
There are some ...who have been standing in their own light. Some have
been ready to discover the evil, and talk of the evil, but the good they have
seen in their brethren they have not commended. Those who are ready to
speak and think evil of their brethren are hurting Christ in the person of His
saints. They grieve the heart of Christ, and place their own souls in jeopardy
...
Who of us have emptied ourselves of pride and self-esteem? Who of us
are really in earnest as was Jacob, who wrestled with the angel with all the
energy of his being? Jacob put forth all his strength, supposing that he was
wrestling with a lawless opponent, but the Lord put His finger with a divine
touch upon him, and the wrestling ceased. Jacob knew that it was the Lord.
Then, all broken, he fell upon the neck of the Angel, and held Him, pleading,
“Bless me, even me.” The Angel said, “Let me go, for the day breaketh.”
It was now Jacob’s turn to make the terms, and he said, “I will not let thee
go, except thou bless me. And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he
said, Jacob. And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel:
for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said,
Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there.
And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to
face, and my life is preserved” (
Genesis 32:26-30
).
I counseled the people to seek the Lord most earnestly.—
Manuscript 187,
October 16, 1898
, diary.
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