Broken Bread
Daily Devotions from the Daily Light
by Evan Hopkins
July 10
The disciple is not above his master.--Matt. 10:24
A disciple is a learner. A learner, not only of the Lord's truth, but of the Lord's humility. He has to follow his Master both in doctrine and in suffering. He must always be at his Master's feet. He must never be above his Master. And so the true disciple finds that in following he has to perpetually descend. For his Master is the very embodiment of humility. He "made himself of no reputation"--emptied Himself. And the disciple must not seek for himself anything above that which his Master sought for Himself. "It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master. And the servant as his lord." The Master was among us as one that served. Though Lord of all, He took the place of a servant. It was as such He glorified His Father. It is as such we shall glorify our Lord. O for this spirit of self-abnegation--this mind which was in Christ Jesus! There is no real following until we know what it is to ignore self. "If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me" (Matt. 16:24). This denial of self is not the end, but the conditions of following the Master.