0025. Christ–The Princely Leader of My Life
Christ–The Princely Leader of My Life
"Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
"Looking unto Jesus the Author and Finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before Him endured the Cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God" (Heb_12:1-2).
The word translated "finisher" has been, perhaps, more correctly translated "file leader" or, "princely leader." Jesus Christ stands before every one of us as the shepherd stands before his sheep. He does not get behind us and drive us, He leads the way. If we are called to go to the uttermost parts of the earth, we will have Him blazing out the way in our behalf.
Illustration: We saw at the Capitol in Washington, D. C., the painting of an historic American scene. The picture described the early days when the cry, "Westward, ho!" was upon many a lip. There were horses, baggage-laden; there were caravans, pressing onward over the rugged hewn-out road, all with their faces turned toward the West. In the picture, leading the crowd was a man, half raised in the stirrups of his saddle; his face was turned backward toward the crowd who followed him, and his hand was swung forward with his finger pointing toward the setting sun–every line of the picture centered in the man on the horse–he was the file-leader.
So Christ stirs our souls with the visions of what lies ahead. His finger points beyond the present day, beyond the mountain sweep which hides the farthest West. He tells us of a better land, kissed with a never-sinking sun; a land where the olives and the pomegranates grow; a land filled with milk and honey, with oil and wine.
Jesus Christ proclaims a better day. Just around the next bend of the shore line, we will burst upon the glorious vista of Millennial rest. We may well follow the One who leads us on, He will bring us Home at last.
Autor: R.E. NEIGHBOUR