Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven (Matt. 10:32).
Let us never be ashamed to own our Lord. In one of D. L. Moody's meetings a little towhead Norwegian boy who could hardly speak a word of English stood up and came to the front. Trembling and with tears trickling down his cheeks, he said, "If I tell the world about Jesus, He'll tell the Father about me." That was all he said, and all he needed to say. In fact, it was more than all the rest said that day. That's what it means to confess Him.
"Ye shall be [my] witnesses," said Jesus in Acts 1:8. In this world and in the great court of eternity we are to confess the Lord Jesus, and He will confess us before the Father. "I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ," declared the apostle Paul in Romans 1:16, "for it is the power of God unto salvation." In other words, "It has done something for me. It has changed my life and the lives of others."
In a certain hospital a little fellow had a piece of bone removed from his arm. The operation was successful, and he recovered completely. On leaving the hospital he asked to see the doctor. "You wished to see me, Billy?" asked the surgeon.
The little fellow lifted up his hand and laid it on the doctor's shoulder--it was just as high as he could reach. With his face beaming, he said, "My mama will never hear the last about you."
If we fully realize what Christ has done for us, we should say to Him, "My friends will never hear the last about You."
Give us grace to follow fully
Vanquishing our faithless shame,
Feebly, it may be, but truly
Witnessing for Thy dear name.
__Frances R. Havergal
MEDITATION PRAYER: "I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee among much people" (Ps. 35:18).
Let us never be ashamed to own our Lord. In one of D. L. Moody's meetings a little towhead Norwegian boy who could hardly speak a word of English stood up and came to the front. Trembling and with tears trickling down his cheeks, he said, "If I tell the world about Jesus, He'll tell the Father about me." That was all he said, and all he needed to say. In fact, it was more than all the rest said that day. That's what it means to confess Him.
"Ye shall be [my] witnesses," said Jesus in Acts 1:8. In this world and in the great court of eternity we are to confess the Lord Jesus, and He will confess us before the Father. "I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ," declared the apostle Paul in Romans 1:16, "for it is the power of God unto salvation." In other words, "It has done something for me. It has changed my life and the lives of others."
In a certain hospital a little fellow had a piece of bone removed from his arm. The operation was successful, and he recovered completely. On leaving the hospital he asked to see the doctor. "You wished to see me, Billy?" asked the surgeon.
The little fellow lifted up his hand and laid it on the doctor's shoulder--it was just as high as he could reach. With his face beaming, he said, "My mama will never hear the last about you."
If we fully realize what Christ has done for us, we should say to Him, "My friends will never hear the last about You."
Give us grace to follow fully
Vanquishing our faithless shame,
Feebly, it may be, but truly
Witnessing for Thy dear name.
__Frances R. Havergal
MEDITATION PRAYER: "I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee among much people" (Ps. 35:18).
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