DAILY?READINGS: 1 Samuel 30-31; Micah 1-2; Romans 9:1-29
He bowed His head, and gave up the spirit. John 19:30
Perfect submission to the Father’s will meant making Himself of no reputation; being made in the likeness of men; despised and rejected of men; stricken, smitten of God and afflicted; and then at the end He bowed His head in death, even the death of the cross. It was for the Father’s will, but His submission brought virtue to us too! Where would we be if He had not bowed His head that day! —E. N.
O Head once filled with bruises, oppressed with pain and scorn,
O’erwhelmed with sore abuses, mocked with a crown of thorn!
O Head to death once wounded, in shame upon the tree,
In glory now surrounded, with brightest majesty!
Grant us to lean unshaken, upon Thy faithfulness;
Until to glory taken, we see Thee face to face. —Paul Gerhardt