3월 27일 스펄전 아침묵상 “이에 제자들이 다 예수를 버리고 도망하니라.” [마태복음 26장 56절]
March 27 "Then all the disciples forsook him and fled" (Matthew 26: 56). He never deserted them, but they, in cowardly fear of their lives, fled from Him in the very beginning of His sufferings. This is but one instance of the frailty of all believers if left to themselves. They are but sheep at best, and they flee when the wolf comes. They had all been warned of the danger and had promised to die rather than leave their Master. Yet, they were seized with sudden panic and took to their heels. It may be that I, at the opening of this day, have braced my mind to bear a trial for the Lord's sake, and I imagine myself to be certain to exhibit perfect fidelity. But let me be very jealous of myself, lest, having the same evil heart of unbelief, I should depart from my Lord as the apostles did. It is one thing to promise, and quite another to perform. It would have been to their eternal honor to have stood ...