May
11
Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me,
for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls
(Matthew 11:29 NIV).
The great business of Christians is to learn
Christ. This is not just a subject to study. I want to ask you: What is the
greatest desire in your life? I wonder if it is the same as mine! The greatest
desire in my heart – and the longer I live the stronger it grows – is to
understand the Lord Jesus. There is so much that I do not understand about Him.
I am always coming up against problems about Him, and they are not intellectual
problems at all, but spiritual ones: problems of the heart. Why did the Lord
Jesus say and do certain things? Why is He dealing with me as He is? He is
always too deep for me, and I want to understand Him. It is the most important
thing in life to understand the Lord Jesus. Well, we are here that He may bring
us to some better understanding of Himself. The material of the Word will not
be new – it will be old and well-known Scripture. Perhaps we think that we know
the Gospel by John very well. Well, you may, but I do not. I am discovering
that this Gospel contains deeper truth and value than I know anything about....
The one business of disciples is to know Him, and
to do what He called His disciples to do: "Take My yoke upon you,
and learn of Me" (Matthew 11:29). Jesus came to bring heavenly
knowledge in His own person, and in His person we come into heavenly knowledge.
It is not just what He says: it is what He says He is. Every
true teacher is not one who says a lot of things, but one who, when he says
things, gives something of himself.
By T. Austin-Sparks from: Discipleship In
The School Of Christ - Chapter 1
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