43. The Glory of Consecration

The Glory of Consecration

Pass on toRevelation 14:4, the middle clause of that verse, “These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever He goeth.” Now, if the Lord has won for you and for me a perfect victory, look what He is expecting of us and what He has a right to claim (Revelation 14:5), the glory of unreserved consecration. “They follow the Lamb whithersoever He goeth.” There is nothing which proves the meaning of the cross more clearly than such a consecration as that. There is nothing which sheds a brighter glory on the redeeming sacrifice of the Lamb than that. There is nothing which gives to us greater strength and purer joy, and fuller power for holy living than such an unreserved and unhesitating following of the Lamb as is spoken of in that verse. And does He not call for that because of His need of us as witnesses in the world? Has He not a right to ask that from us because of His surrender at Calvary? Does the world see you and me in such a consecration as that? Do you ever stand still during the day and ask this question of yourself, “What am I known as among the angels around the throne?” “These follow the Lamb.” John saw them from the viewpoint of the throne, as they were on earth, and this is the testimony of heaven to them when they were on earth, “They followed the Lamb whithersoever He went” (Revelation 14:4).

What are we known as among the angels in heaven? Do they look down upon us and say, “These are following the Lamb whithersoever He goes”? Our consecration is a test and a proof of our discipleship.