the Fourth Week after Easter
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Daily Devotionals
John Gossner's Treasury
Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus. Philippians 2:5. Take my yoke upon you; and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart. Matthew 11:29.
Can we call ourselves Christ’s disciples and Him our Lord and Master, if we are unwilling to "learn" of Him, to have "the same mind" as He had? He does not demand that we shall learn of Him how to create a world, to walk upon the sea, to raise the dead, to command the storm and the wind, but to be ’’meek and lowly in heart." If He demanded of us that we should imitate His works of omnipotence, we should have an excuse, although He has also said, ’’All things are possible for those who believe;" ’’faith as a mustard seed can remove mountains;" "he who believes in me shall do greater deeds than I do. " Yet if we do not learn this, He will readily forgive us; but meekness and lowliness of heart are essential. "Well," you say, "but this comes harder to our proud and impatient mind than removing mountains, stilling the storms of the sea or raising the dead. " If you seek strength to do it in yourself, then you can not do the one thing more than the other; but if you ask Him, you shall not be in need of any good thing. He who gives the commandment, gives the strength also. The meek and humble Jesus will Himself come to you and dwell in your heart, and if He dwells in you, what is impossible for you to do? We cannot have His mind unless we have Him. On the other hand, he who possesses Christ, possesses His mind also. He who does not possess His mind, has never seen Him, nor has he known Him.
Still to the lowly soul
He doth Himself impart,
And for His temple and His throne
Chooseth the pure in heart.
