OM 8:17{It is only now that we can go with Jesus into conflict, suffering, loneliness, weariness. It is only now that we can come to the help of the Lord against the mighty in this great battlefield. Shall we shrink from opportunities which are not given to angels? Surely, even with Him in glory, the disciples must remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how He said to them, "Ye are they which have continued with Me in My temptations," with a thrill of rapturous thanksgiving that such a privilege was theirs.
He knelt and prayed, and kissed the stake,
And blessed his Master's name
That he was called his cross to take,
And counted worthy for His sake
To suffer death and shame.