Spurgeon: September PM
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"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.