Charles Spurgeon Commentary John 12:26

"If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will the Father honor." — John 12:26 (ASV)

And where I am, there shall also my servant be:

He shall be with me in tribulation; he shall be with me in humiliation; but he shall ultimately be with me in triumph and in glory.

If any man serve me, him will my Father honour.

For such is the Father's love to his Son, that he delights to honor all those who become his Son's faithful servants.

And where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour.

Follow Christ, then, to the cross; follow him to the grave; follow him in his humiliation; and then the Father will honour you even as he honoured his Son.

And where I am, there shall also my servant be:

You cannot expect better lodgings than that; so, as Christ had to live here amid sorrow, and sin, and shame, you must be willing to do the same; but, as Christ was afterwards exalted to indescribable honour, so shall it be with you if you are his true servant.

If any man serve me, let him follow me;

Do not let him invent some new method of service: Let him follow me. If you would do Christ a service, it cannot be by will-worship, or by any way of your own devising: If any man serve me, let him follow me.

If any man serve me, him will my Father honour.

Those servants of Christ who follow at their Master's heel, and do his bidding at all times, are the true knights of the King who win the honours that God alone can give.

He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.

His love is ruinous to his true life; but to destroy self-love, to make a sacrifice of ourselves, is the truest way really to preserve ourselves.

If any man serve me, let him follow me;

That is the best kind of service; to do what Christ did, and to do what Christ bids you do: If any man serve me, let him follow me.