Come to-day, and take Him up afresh in this blessed power of His wonderful humility, and say to Him:  “Oh, Thou who didst say, ’Learn of me, for I am meek and lowly in heart, and ye shall find rest unto your souls,’ my Lord, I know why it is that I have not the perfect life; it is my pride, but to-day, come Thou and dwell in my heart.  Thou who didst lead even Peter and John into the blessedness of Thy heavenly humility; Thou wilt not refuse me.  Lord, here I am; do Thou, who by Thy wonderful humility alone canst save, come in.  O Lamb of God, I believe in Thee; take possession of my heart, and dwell in me.”  When you have said that, go out in quiet, and retire, walking gently as holding the Lamb of God in your heart, and say:  “I have received the Lamb of God; He makes my heart His care; He breathes His humility and dependence on God in me, and so brings me to God.  His humility is my life and salvation.”

THE COMPLETE SURRENDER.

VIII.

Genesis 39:  1-3.—­Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him at the hands of the Ishmaelites, which had brought him down thither.  And the Lord was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master, the Egyptian, and his master saw that the Lord was with him.

We have in this passage an object lesson which teaches us what Christ is to us.  Note:  Joseph was a slave, but God was with him so distinctly that his master could see it.  “And his master saw the Lord was with him, and that the Lord made all that he did prosper in his hands; and Joseph found grace in his sight, and he served him,”—­that is to say, he was his slave about his person,—­“and he made him overseer over his house,”—­that was something new.  Joseph had been a slave, but now he becomes a master.  “And he made him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into his hands.  And it came to pass, from the time that he had made him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that the Lord blessed the Egyptian’s house for Joseph’s sake, and the blessing of the Lord was upon all that he had in the house and in the field.  And he left all that he had in Joseph’s hand; and he knew not all he had, save the bread which he did eat.”

We find Joseph in two characters in the house of Potiphar:  first as a servant and a slave, one who is trusted and loved, but still entirely a servant; second, as master.  Potiphar made him overseer over his house and his lands, and all that he had, so that we read afterward that he left everything in his hands, and he knew of nothing except the bread that came upon his table.  I want to call your attention to Joseph as a type of Christ.  We sometimes speak in the Christian life, of entire surrender, and rightly, and here we have a beautiful illustration of what it