OH 13:15{Do you really wish to follow the footsteps of the Lord Jesus? Have you asked God to make you more like Him? Are you ready to begin today? Then here is a motto for today, "Even Christ pleased not Himself." Will you take it, and try to imitate Him? You are sure to have plenty of opportunities of acting upon it, and thus proving not only to others, but to the Savior Himself that you mean what you say, and mean what you pray. You cannot tell, till you have fairly tried, how happy you can feel when you have cheerfully given up to another, for Jesus' sake, something which you would have liked for yourself, nor how happy you can be, when of your own free will, and by God's grace, you have chosen to do what your conscience tells you would please the Lord Jesus instead of what would have pleased yourself. If you have never tried it yet, begin today, and you will find it is quite a new happiness. What would have become of us if Christ had only pleased Himself, and stayed in His glorious home instead of coming down to save us? Think of that when you are tempted to please yourself instead of pleasing Him, and the remembrance that even He pleased not Himself, because He so loved you, will help you to try and please Him, and to please others for His sake.
If washed in Jesus' blood, then bear His likeness too!
And as you onward press, ask, "What would Jesus do?”
Give with a full, tree hand; God freely gives to you!
And check each selfish the't with, "What would Jesus do?”