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“Learn of Me”, April 3
Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly
in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
Matthew 11:29
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“Learn of me,” said the Divine Teacher, “for I am meek and lowly
in heart....” We must learn self-denial, we must learn courage, patience,
fortitude, and forgiving love.... If we have faith in Jesus as our helper,
if our eyes of faith are directed to Him constantly, we shall become like
Jesus in character. He will abide in our hearts and we will abide in Christ.
Being clothed with the righteousness of Christ, our lives are hid with
Christ in God. He will be our counselor. If we ask Him in faith, He will
enlighten our understanding.... The lessons which Christ has given us will
be practiced.
As Christ the Pattern is constantly kept before the mind’s eye, new
habits will be formed, powerful hereditary and cultivated tendencies will
be subdued and overcome, self-esteem will be laid in the dust, old habits
of thought will be constantly resisted, love for the supremacy will be seen
in its real, despicable character, and will be overcome.
Christ must be blended with all our thoughts, our feelings, our affec-
tions. He must be exemplified in the minutest details of everyday service
in the work that He has given us to do. When, in the place of leaning
upon human understanding or conforming to worldly maxims, we sit at
the feet of Jesus, eagerly drinking in His words, learning of Him, and
saying. “Lord, what wilt Thou have me to do?” our natural independence,
our self-confidence, our strong self-will, will be exchanged for a child-
like, submissive, teachable spirit. When we are in right relation to God,
we shall recognize Christ’s authority to direct us, and His claim to our
unquestioning obedience.
We will have such exalted views of Jesus Christ that self will be abased.
Our affections will center in Jesus, our thoughts will be strongly drawn
heavenward. Christ will increase,
I will decrease
.... We will cultivate the
virtues that dwell in Jesus, that we may reflect to others a representation
of His character.
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