Cling to Jesus

Here's something, fellow believer, if you have ever fallen into distanced position with our Lord, keeping him at arms-length, as I think I have. This is from Spurgeon's "Around the Wicket Gate".

The child, in danger of the fire, just clings to the fireman, and trusts to him alone. She raises no question about the strength of his limbs to carry her, or the zeal of his heart to rescue her; but she clings. The heat is terrible, the smoke is blinding, but she clings; and her deliverer quickly bears her to safety. In the same childlike confidence cling to Jesus, who can and will bear you out of danger from the flames of sin.

Lately I've felt weak in this long sojourn of life and all the baggage that seems to burden me.

I hope this illustration helps you as it does me. I hope you to find the need to just cling to our Rescuer.

What does it mean to be humble?

What does it mean to be humble? In short, it appears to mean to forsake our selfish wants and instead give glory to our Lord. But also, not to shrink so small that no one sees our faith.

Early this morning I couldn't sleep so I decided to read some devotionals on TruthForLife's website. Here's a quote from May 4th.

"We would do well if, in the spirit of humility, we recognized the true dignity of our regenerated nature and lived up to it."

And here's another from May 6th.

"It is for the honor of Jesus that we endure the trial of our faith with sacred joy. Let each man surrender his own longings to the glory of Jesus and declare: 'If my lying in the dust would elevate my Lord by so much as an inch, let me still lie among the pots of earth. If to live on earth forever would make my Lord more glorious, it should be my heaven to be shut out of heaven.'"

Let us examine ourselves and our lives and ask, "Do I really glorify Jesus with such an attitude?" And on the same token, let us live up to the true dignity of our regenerated nature, being born again.

In a later blog post I added more about what it means to be humble.