SO WE'D BE BLESSED

This poem was shaped (more or less) by reading today's
My Utmost for His Highest. Hope you will enjoy. Jeffree7

SO WE'D BE BLESSED

For me, for you, for us,
Heaven sings a joyful chorus:
One for All and All for One!
Jesus came to die for us,
To save us from eternal death.

The blood, the pain, the sorrow,
No day is promised a tomorrow;
Live today for tomorrow we die,
Jesus came that we might live,
To try each day to do our best.

The hope, the faith, the love,
The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit;
All for One and One for All,
Jesus came that we might die,
To live again in peace and rest.

For me, for you, for us,
Angels sing this joyful chorus:
King of Kings and Lord of Lords!
Jesus came to go before us,
To lead the way so we'd be blessed.

J E POLLOCK
APRIL 5, 2009

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My Utmost for His Highest

Sunday, April 5, 2009 His Agony And Our Fellowship "Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and saith unto the disciples, tarry ye here, and watch with Me." Matthew 26:36,38 We can never fathom the agony in Gethse- mane, but at least we need not misunder- stand it. It is the agony of God and Man in one, face to face with sin. We know nothing about Gethsemane in personal experience. Gethsemane and Calvary stand for some- thing unique; they are the gateway into Life for us. It was not the death on the cross that Jesus feared in Gethsemane; He stated most emphatically that He came on purpose to die. In Gethsemane He feared lest He might not get through as Son of Man. He would get through as Son of God - Satan could not touch Him there; but Satan's onslaught was that He would get through as an isolated Figure only; and that would mean that He could be no Saviour. Read the record of the agony in the light of the temptation: "Then the devil leaveth Him for a season." In Gethsemane Satan came back and was again overthrown. Satan's final onslaught against our Lord as Son of Man is in Gethsemane. The agony in Gethsemane is the agony of the Son of God in fulfilling His destiny as the Saviour of the world. The veil is drawn aside to reveal all it cost Him to make it possible for us to become sons of God. His agony is the basis of the simplicity of our salvation. The Cross of Christ is a triumph for the Son of Man. It was not only a sign that Our Lord had triumphed, but that He had triumphed to save the human race. Every human being can get through into the presence of God now because of what the Son of Man went through.