“For the Lord God will help me, therefore shall I not be confounded;
therefore, have I set my face like a flint, and I know I shall not be
ashamed” (Isa. l. 7).
This is the language of trust and victory, and it was through this faith,
as we are told in a passage in Hebrews, that in His last agony, “Jesus,
for the joy that was set before Him, endured the cross, despising the
shame.” His life was a life of faith, His death was a victory of faith,
His resurrection was a triumph of faith, His mediatorial reign is all one
long victory of faith, “From henceforth expecting till all His enemies be
made His footstool.”
And so, for us He has become the pattern of faith, and in every situation
of difficulty, temptation and distress has gone before us waving the
banner of trust and triumph, and bidding us to follow in His victorious
footsteps.
He is the great Pattern Believer. While we must claim our salvation by
faith, the Great Forerunner also claimed the world’s salvation by the same
faith.
Let us therefore consider this glorious Leader our perfect example, and as
we follow close behind Him, let us remember where He has triumphed we may
triumph, too.