Broken Bread
Daily Devotions from the Daily Light
by Evan Hopkins
June 21
Christ also suffered for us, leaving for us an example, that ye should follow in his steps.--1 Pet. 2:21
Archbishop Leighton observes on this passage, "the Captain, or Leader, of our salvation, as the Apostle speaks, was consecrated by suffering (Heb. 2:10); that was the way by which he entered into the holy place, where He is now our everlasting High Priest, making intercession for us. If He be our Leader to salvation, must not we follow Him in the way He leads, whatsoever it be? If it be (as we see it is) by the way of sufferings, we must either follow on in that way, or fall short of salvation; for there is no other leader, nor any other way than that which He opened." "Leaving us an example," or, as it may be translated, "a writing copy," set by masters for their pupils. He left His footsteps as a copy for us to follow. We have to follow Him not in His outward conduct merely, but in His inner life of self-renunciation and trust in His Father's word. To try to follow in His steps in outward action, without being like Him in the inner principles that prompt Him in all His ways, is to endeavor to bring forth fruit without a root.