2. In his inmost heart the Lord Jesus
bowed himself to do service to his Heavenly Father, and before the throne of
Jehovah his soul vowed allegiance to the Lord for our sakes. We are like him
when our soul, truly and constantly in the presence of the heart-searching God,
declares her full consent to the rule and government of the infinite Jehovah.
To avow this with the lip is little, but for the soul to say it,
especially in time of trial, is a gracious evidence of spiritual health; to
profess it before men is a small matter, but to declare it before Jehovah
himself is of far more consequence. This sentence may also be viewed as the
utterance of appropriating faith, laying hold upon the Lord by personal
covenant and enjoyment; in this sense may it be our daily song in the house of
our pilgrimage. My goodness extendeth not to thee. Although the
life-work and death-agony of the Son did reflect unparalleled luster upon every
attribute of God, yet the Most Blessed God stood in no need of the obedience
and death of his Son; it was for our sakes that the work of redemption was
undertaken, and not because of any lack on the part of the Most High. How
modestly does the Saviour here estimate his own goodness! What overwhelming
reasons have we for imitating his humility! (Compare Job 35:7.)
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