"I have exalted one chosen out of the people" (Psalm 89: 19).
Why was Christ chosen out of the people? Was it not that He might be able to be our brother in the blest tie of kindred blood? Oh, what relationship there is between Christ and the believer! The believer can say, "I have a brother in heaven. I may be poor, but I have a brother who is rich and is a King. Will He allow me to be in need while He is on His throne? Oh, no! He loves me; He is my brother." Believer, cherish this blessed thought. He is a brother, born for adversity; treat Him as such. Christ was also chosen out of the people that He might know our wants and sympathize with us. "He was tempted in all points like as we are, yet without sin" (Hebrews 4: 15). In all our sorrows, we have His sympathy. Temptation, pain, disappointment, weakness, weariness, poverty--He knows them all, for He has felt all. Remember this, Christian, and let it comfort you. However difficult and painful your road, it is marked by the footsteps of your Savior. Even when you reach the dark valley of the shadow of death and the deep waters of the swelling Jordan, you will find His foot prints there. Take courage! Royal feet have left a blood-red track on the road and consecrated the thorny path forever.