The story is told of a monkey and a cat who were kept at the same house. The monkey took great delight in tormenting the cat, and she was very much afraid of him, and would run away from him to keep out of trouble. One day she was lying asleep on the window sill, and the monkey spied her, and quietly sprang up and pounced on her. There was no way for her to escape, so, to defend herself, she slapped him on the ear with her paw, and at the same time scratched him, which astonished him very much, and made him jump back, and then she made her escape.
It is quite natural to all animals, also boys and girls, to defend themselves, but there was one person on this earth that did not have that fallen nature, and He acted very differently. I suppose you can all tell me who He is, He was the Lord Jesus Christ.
All who know the Lord as their Saviour are called upon to follow in His steps, and they shall find, if they do, that their life will be a happy one, and to the Lord’s glory. Such will find they have no strength in themselves, but the Scripture says, “He giveth more grace.”
If we do not have the Lord Jesus as our Saviour, we cannot count upon Him to give us grace to be like Him.
To have Him as our own Saviour, and then walk in His ways, is to have a happy life down here; and at the end, a happy home with Himself.
ML 01/25/1931