Christ
“And I beseech you, brethren, suffer the word of exhortation: for I have written a letter unto you in few words” (Hebrews 13:22).
Samuel Rutherford was born in the year 1600 and died March 30, 1661. He was a sincere and earnest Christian, who in his pathway for Christ experienced many trials and much grief. Sometime during his life he wrote a letter to a friend and brother in Christ. The advice given in the letter is still relevant 400 years later and I will quote part of it here:
“I know that you are looking to Christ, and I beseech you to follow your look …
“The sweetest and safest course is, for this short time, to stand for Jesus … to gain Christ. All other things are shadows, dreams, fancies and nothing.”
Yes, to follow Christ is the best course indeed! It may not be easy, but it will be happy. Paul said, “For to me to live is Christ” (Philippians 1:21), and, “I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord” (Philippians 3:8).
