Christ, Self-forgetfulness of – Charles Spurgeon

JESUS says, “Let not your heart be troubled.” His own face was towards the cross, he was hard by the olive-press of Gethsemane: he was about to be troubled as never man was troubled, and yet among his last words were these, “Let not your heart be troubled.” As if he wanted to monopolize all tears, and would not have them shed so much as one; as if he longed to take all the heart-trouble himself and remove it far from them; as if he would have them exercise their hearts so much with believing, that they would not have the smallest room left for grief; would have them so much taken up with the glorious result of his sufferings in procuring for them eternal mansions, that they would not think about their own present losses, but let them be swallowed up in a mighty sea of joyful expectation.