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OCTOBER 17
TO BE HIS DISCIPLES
“Can the blind lead the
blind? shall they not both
fall into the ditch? the
disciple is not above his
master: but every one that
is perfect shall be as his
master.” (Luke 6:39-40)
One ought not to isolate the
fortieth verse from the
thirty-ninth. We know that
the disciple is not above
his master, but that is not
the point which Jesus was
emphasizing. He was pointing
out that before you can
perform the duties of a
master you need to become
perfected as the master is
perfect, otherwise you are
only as the blind leading
the blind - or, the
imperfect leading the
imperfect. Or, again, “that
which is ‘in part’
ministering to that which is
‘in part,’ and not having
sufficient sight, keep
falling into the ditch. They
will both move in the sphere
of limitations. Only as the
disciple is brought into the
true perfection of the
Master, can he in turn lead
others into the same realm.
A disciple is a trained one,
a taught one, a disciplined
one - one who has conformed
to the disciplines which
bring conformity to His
image. We need not refresh
our memory with many
scriptures on the
qualifications of being a
disciple, for there is one
verse that sums them all up.
“Whosoever he be of you that
forsaketh not all that he
hath, he cannot be My
disciple.” (Luke 14:33). A
total forsaking of all
others, including “self,”
that we might give ourselves
totally unto Him - to learn
of Him. It is a true
self-renunciation; a
complete and deliberate
stand for truth, abandoning
all else.
The qualification of being
His disciple becomes
intensified when we realize
what our calling truly is -
TO BECOME PERFECTED AS OUR
MASTER. One surely cannot
lead another on into God
until they know the way
themselves. Christ left “us
an example, that we should
follow in His steps.” (1
Pet. 2:21). For He is the
Way to the Father, and into
the fullness of life.
No greater than the Master
can the servant be,
Suffice it in the matter to
be transformed as He.
A transformation process -
till thy body and thy mind,
Are changed into His image,
a being well refined.
Ray Prinzing |
