What is little Fred up to now? He has found a horribly ugly mask, and it has suggested to his mischievous mind to go into the house and frighten mother and sister. He has succeeded in frightening, little sister, but mother gives him a good scolding for amusing himself at the expense of the feelings of others.
It is evident he had not thought of how others might feel, but he just thought of his own pleasure. How common this is, and how it shows what the human heart is!
In this instance it might be said, This is innocent fun, but the same thing, in principle, comes later on in business life, when one tries to get advantage of his neighbor for his own benefit.
How unlike it is to the Lord Jesus. He delighted in coming into this world, for our good, and that we might not bear what we deserved, He took all our sins upon Himself, and bore the dreadful judgment we deserved for them, and that unasked by us.
Timothy was much like his Lord and Saviour, for the apostle Paul could say, “I have no man like minded, who will naturally care for your state.”
We who know the Lord Jesus, do not have to wait till we are grown men and women to show the character of Christ. At school, at play, or wherever we are we can find opportunities to do good to others, and not to be attending to our own selfish interests. We should ever attend to our own duties, and that faithfully, but never to the harm of others, and seek to find opportunities to do for others, even at a loss to ourselves.
ML 10/22/1939