"He goeth before you into Galilee; there shall ye see him." - Mark 16:7
Mark this, my soul, in all thy goings forth; look out for thy gracious,
glorious Forerunner, and see whether the same going before thee of thy
Lord hath not been from everlasting. Was it not Jesus that was set up
as the Head of his people from everlasting? Did he not then go before
them, when he went forth for the salvation of his people? In the
council of peace did he not go before them; not only before we knew our
need, but before we had a being? In all his covenant engagements, as
the Surety of his people, he went before them. And in all his offices,
characters, and relations, he was preventing us with the blessings of
his goodness. And in the personal salvation of every individual of his
redeemed, was not Jesus beforehand in quickening, illuminating,
redeeming mercy? "If we love him, is it not because he first loved us?"
And what is it now? Do not his mercies go before our prayers? and
before we call, doth not Jesus answer? And will it not be so during the
whole day of grace, even to the eternal day of glory? Precious Jesus,
surely thou art going before me into Galilee. Oh for grace to follow
the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. And do thou, Lord, walk with me, and
talk with me, as thou didst to the disciples in the way, and make
thyself known unto me in continual manifestations, and in breaking of
bread, and in prayer.
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