If We Would Christ's Disciples Be

Gethsemane, O woeful place,
Where Jesus sought the Father's face!
O take the cup of death from me,
Its awful pain and agony!
Yet not my will, but Thine be done;
This was the plea of God's own Son.
None other could for sin atone;
In anguish deep He prayed alone.

If we would Christ's disciples be
Our will with His must blended be;
Our very self must be overcome
That we may say, "Thy will be done."
As Jesus in Gethsemane
By prayer attained the victory,
So shall we, when we seek His face,
Still find in Him abundant grace.

--Hymns of Zion #63 vs. 2 & 4

A Way of Escape

In I Samuel 20, the love between Jonathan and David was expressed here. They loved one another even as they loved their own souls. We know the story ... how Saul, in his anger, even proclaimed this regarding his own son, Jonathan, and, certainly, against David, who he considered a threat to the throne. But through it all, there are many lessons. But one lesson we can rest upon and apply to our own lives today is that, no matter what evil is determined upon one another by perhaps the hand of man, if we put our trust and confidence in God, He will take care of us and provide a way of escape. We know it was so with David. Remember how he came into the presence of Jonathan and the presence of Saul and Saul, in his anger, cast his spear at David? But the Lord delivered him out of (Saul's) hand. Because the Lord had a purpose and a work for David to accomplish. So it will be with you and I. May we trust in the one true and living God. --Bro. G.R.