Charles Haddon Spurgeon's Evening Devotional For Friday September 18, 2020 |
Evening Time: 6:33 PM PST
"And they follow me." --John 10:27
We should follow our Lord as unhesitatingly as sheep follow their shepherd,
for He has a right to lead us wherever He pleases. We are not our own, we
are bought with a price--let us recognize the rights of the redeeming blood. The
soldier follows his captain, the servant obeys his master, much more must we
follow our Redeemer, to whom we are a purchased possession. We are not true to
our profession of being Christians, if we question the bidding of our Leader and
Commander. Submission is our duty, cavilling is our folly. Often might our Lord
say to us as to Peter, "What is that to thee? Follow thou Me." Wherever Jesus
may lead us, He goes before us. If we know not where we go, we know with
whom we go. With such a companion, who will dread the perils of the road? The
journey may be long, but His everlasting arms will carry us to the end. The
presence of Jesus is the assurance of eternal salvation, because He lives, we
shall live also. We should follow Christ in simplicity and faith, because the
paths in which He leads us all end in glory and immortality. It is true they
may not be smooth paths--they may be covered with sharp flinty trials, but they
lead to the "city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God." "All
the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth unto such as keep His covenant." Let
us put full trust in our Leader, since we know that, come prosperity or
adversity, sickness or health, popularity or contempt, His purpose shall be
worked out, and that purpose shall be pure, unmingled good to every heir of
mercy. We shall find it sweet to go up the bleak side of the hill with Christ;
and when rain and snow blow into our faces, His dear love will make us far more
blest than those who sit at home and warm their hands at the world's fire. To
the top of Amana, to the dens of lions, or to the hills of leopards, we will
follow our Beloved. Precious Jesus, draw us, and we will run after Thee.
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