Christ Was Never Accused of Drifting
And how beautifully is that exemplified in His own so perfect life!
Scoffers said He drank, but no one ever said He drifted.
By a magnificent energy of faithful will He put from Him all the kingdoms of the world.
He chose the long, hard trail and held to it...
Though His feet were bleeding and His heart was breaking...
Far off He saw the cross in its agony and shame and ridicule...
And He set His face steadfastly towards Jerusalem.
Nothing could divert Him nor break the steady power of His purpose...
No tempting friends...
Nor cheering multitudes...
Nor bitter desertion...
Nor betrayal.
The great word in the life of drift is may...
But the great word in the life of Christ is must...
And must is the last triumph of the will.
No man can share His spirit who lives on in aimless indecision.
Nobody can have His joy who shrinks from full surrender.
The life of drift never reaches harbor.
It reaches the quicksand and the reef...
From which may God in His mercy save us all.
~George H. Morrison~
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