[Manna - July 19]
The cup which My Father hath given Me, shall I not drink it? John 18:11
HOW the grace of humility shines out in all the
little affairs of our dear Redeemer's ministry; even
at the moment of His surrender to His enemies He
does not boast that His course is a voluntary one,
nor seek praise as a martyr!
He declares the simple
truth that the Father required this of Him as an evidence
of His personal loyalty to Him.
He confesses
Himself a servant of God, a Son who learned obedience
by the things which He suffered.
No other lesson, perhaps, is more needed by the
Lord's followers than the one of willingness to drink
the cup which the Father pours—a recognition that
the Father is guiding and directing in our affairs because
we are His, as members of the body of the
Anointed One. Z.'99-118; Z.'01-91 R2468:6; R2780:5