Dec. 8
FOLLOWING LEADS TO HONOR
"If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there
shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father
honor" John 12:26
The highest service is imitation. If I would be Christ's servant I
must be His follower. To do as Jesus did is the surest way of bringing
honor to His name. Let me mind this every day.
If I imitate Jesus I shall have His company: if I am like Him I
shall be with Him. In due time He will take me up to dwell with Him
above, if, meanwhile, I have striven to follow Him here below. After
His suffering our Lord came to His throne, and even so, after we have
suffered a while with Him here below, we also shall arrive in glory.
The issue of our Lord's life shall be the issue of ours: if we are
with Him in His humiliation we shall be with Him in His glory. Come,
my soul, pluck up courage, and put down thy feet in the blood-marked
footprints which thy Lord has left thee.
Let me not fail to note that the Father will honor those who follow
His Son. If He sees me true to Jesus He will put marks of favor and
honor upon me for His Son's sake. No honor can be like this. Princes
and emperors bestow the mere shadows of honor; the substance of glory
comes from the Father. Wherefore, my soul, cling thou to thy Lord
Jesus more closely than ever.