SA 19:25{"With me!" To be with our King will be our highest bliss for eternity; and surely it is the position of highest honor and gladness now. But if we would always be with Him, we must sometimes be ready to go with Him. "The Son of God goes forth to war" nowadays. Do we go with Him? His cross is "without the gate." Do we go "forth unto Him without the camp, bearing His reproach"? Do we really go with Him every day and all day long, following "the Lamb whithersoever He goeth"? What about this week—this day? Have we loyally gone with our King wherever His footsteps go before? If the voice of our King is heard in our hearts, "Wherefore wentest thou not with me?"—thou who hast eaten "continually at the King's table,"—thou who hast had a place among "the King's sons,"—thou unto whom the King has shown "the kindness of God," we have no "because" to offer. He would have healed the spiritual lameness that hindered, and we might have run after Him. We are without excuse.
The Lord of Hosts, in whom alone our weakness shall be strong,
Shall lead us on to conquest with a mighty battle song;
And soon the warfare shall be past, the glorious triumph won,
The kingdoms of this world shall be the kingdoms of His Son.