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Walk in the Footsteps of Jesus, December 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 instruc-
tion 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.—
Manuscript 166, December 30,
1905
, “Aggressive Work to Be Done.”
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