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March 27
"Then all the disciples forsook Him and fled." --Matthew 26:56
He never deserted them, but they in
cowardly fear of their lives, fled from Him in the very beginning of His
sufferings. This is but one instructive instance of the frailty of all
believers if left to themselves; they are but sheep at the best, and they flee
when the wolf cometh. They had all been warned of the danger, and had promised
to die rather than leave their Master; and yet they were seized with sudden
panic, and took to their heels. It may be, that I, at the opening of this day,
have braced up my mind to bear a trial for the Lord's sake, and I imagine
myself to be certain to exhibit perfect fidelity; but let me be very jealous of
myself, lest having the same evil heart of unbelief, I should depart from my
Lord as the apostles did. It is one thing to promise, and quite another to
perform. It would have been to their eternal honour to have stood at Jesus'
side right manfully; they fled from honour; may I be kept from imitating them!
Where else could they have been so safe as near their Master, who could
presently call for twelve legions of angels? They fled from their true safety.
O God, let me not play the fool also. Divine grace can make the coward brave.
The smoking flax can flame forth like fire on the altar when the Lord wills it.
These very apostles who were timid as hares, grew to be bold as lions after the
Spirit had descended upon them, and even so the Holy Spirit can make my
recreant spirit brave to confess my Lord and witness for His truth.
What anguish must have filled the Saviour as He saw His friends so
faithless! This was one bitter ingredient in His cup; but that cup is drained
dry; let me not put another drop in it. If I forsake my Lord, I shall crucify
Him afresh, and put Him to an open shame. Keep me, O blessed Spirit, from an
end so shameful.