THE MEEK AND LOWLY HEART.
"Ye shall receive power after that the Holy Ghost is come upon
you."
I know a man whose daily prayer for years was that he might be
meek and lowly in heart as was his Master. "Take My yoke upon
you, and learn of Me," said Jesus; "for I am meek and lowly in
heart."
How lowly Jesus was! He was the Lord of life and glory. He made
the worlds, and upholds them by His word of power (John i.,
Hebrews i.). But He humbled Himself, and became man, and was born
of the Virgin in a manger among the cattle. He lived among the
common people, and worked at the carpenter's bench. And then,
anointed with the Holy Spirit, He went about doing good,
preaching the Gospel to the poor, and ministering to the manifold
needs of the sick and sinful and sorrowing. He touched the
lepers; He was the Friend of publicans and sinners. His whole
life was a ministry of mercy to those who most needed Him. He
humbled Himself to our low estate. He was a King who came "lowly,
and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt, the foal of an ass"
(Zech. ix. 9). He was a King, but His crown was of thorns, and a
cross was His throne.
What a picture Paul gives us of the mind and heart of Jesus! He
exhorts the Philippians, saying, "Let nothing be done through
strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem
other better than themselves"; and then he adds, "Let this mind
be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: who, being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God; but made
Himself of no reputation, and took upon Him the form of a
servant, and was made in the likeness of men: and being found in
fashion as a man, He humbled Himself, and became obedient unto
death, even the death of the cross.
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