I Will by MARY BROWN BECKNER

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Oct 7, 1915

I Will

By MARY BROWN BECKNER

MARY BROWN BECKNER

“I WILL.” What a short sentence, and yet how full of meaning. How we like to hear some one who we think can help us in time of trouble, say, “I will,” to us. These words add new hope. “And, behold, there came a leper and worshiped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.” What was the answer?—“I will; be thou clean.” How these words must have thrilled his very being, and how his heart must have been filled with praise to God, as he went on his way to show himself to the priest; and how thankfully he must have offered his gift.

“And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him, and saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of palsy, grievously tormented.” Note the answer again: “I will come and heal him.” The centurion did not merely tell Jesus, but besought him; and it must have been with great joy that he received these words, “I will come and heal him;” but they must also have made him feel his need of the Saviour, for he immediately said he was not worthy that Jesus should come into his house.

With delight we sing that good old song, “I will follow thee, my Saviour.” It always seems like a new consecration every time we say, “I will follow thee.” Let us as true followers of Jesus ever be ready to say, “I will,” when it comes to doing the work of the blessed Master, who has done so much for us.

Huaheine, Society Islands.