And great multitudes followed Him, and He healed them there. (Matthew 19:2 NKJV)
When they found
Him, they said to Him, “Everyone is looking for You.” (Mark
A sentence which was once spoken in a Roman theatre and welcomed with thunderous applause was abundantly true of the Son of Man, "I am a Man, and nothing that touches humanity is foreign to Me." This was true during His earthly life, and it is true always, and of this we have ample illustration in the gospel story.
Our Lord
blesses man and wife as they live in holy wedlock; He takes their children in
His arms; inspires young men and women with the loftiest ideals; warns men
against the evil use of wealth and power; promises to those who are willing to
pass through this life, denying themselves the joys of home life, parents, and
children for His sake, that they shall be infinitely compensated.
There is no
phase of human life which Jesus is not willing to share, and through all
relationships and circumstances He waits to breathe the fragrance of perfect
love. Is not that a benefit which we all need, but which so many miss? Why do
so many marriages end up in divorce? Is it not often because each seeks rather
to get than to give, to be ministered to rather than to minister? If each were
inspired by a love that made the other the center of thought and care and
tenderness, the wedding bells would ring on through all the passing years.
Christ's
love is so attractive that when He is rightly presented boys and girls will
turn to Him as flowers turn to the sun. Yet by our evil example and failure we
so often forbid them. How poor is our appreciation and response to His love! We
are willing to keep the commandments of a moral and respectable life because it
suits and pleases us, but when it comes to following Him and renouncing wealth,
position, and self pleasing for His dear sake, we turn back! We admire His
ideals and teaching, but so often go sorrowfully away because we really love
ourselves more than we love Him!
PRAYER
Higher than
the highest heavens,
Deeper than
the deepest sea.
Lord, Your love
at last hath conquered;
Grant me
now my soul's petition,
None of
self, and all of Thee.
I ask it in
Jesus' name, AMEN.
God's Daily Promise
Promise #253:
Your old life has ended and now everything is new in Christ.
2 Corinthians 5:17 (WEB)
Therefore if anyone is in
Christ, he is a new creation.
The old things have passed
away. Behold, all things have become new.
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