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Friday, November 23, 2007
MORNING:
"Fellowship with him."
-- 1 John 1:6
When we were united by faith to Christ, we were brought into such
complete fellowship with him, that we were made one with him, and his
interests and ours became mutual and identical. We have fellowship with
Christ in his love. What he loves we love. He loves the saints-so do
we. He loves sinners-so do we. He loves the poor perishing race of man,
and pants to see earth's deserts transformed into the garden of the
Lord-so do we. We have fellowship with him in his desires. He desires
the glory of God-we also labour for the same. He desires that the
saints may be with him where he is-we desire to be with him there too.
He desires to drive out sin-behold we fight under his banner. He
desires that his Father's name may be loved and adored by all his
creatures-we pray daily, "Let thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on
earth, even as it is in heaven." We have fellowship with Christ in his
sufferings. We are not nailed to the cross, nor do we die a cruel
death, but when he is reproached, we are reproached; and a very sweet
thing it is to be blamed for his sake, to be despised for following the
Master, to have the world against us. The disciple should not be above
his Lord. In our measure we commune with him in his labours,
ministering to men by the word of truth and by deeds of love. Our meat
and our drink, like his, is to do the will of him who hath sent us and
to finish his work. We have also fellowship with Christ in his joys. We
are happy in his happiness, we rejoice in his exaltation. Have you ever
tasted that joy, believer? There is no purer or more thrilling delight
to be known this side heaven than that of having Christ's joy fulfilled
in us, that our joy may be full. His glory awaits us to complete our
fellowship, for his Church shall sit with him upon his throne, as his
well-beloved bride and queen.
EVENING:
"Get thee up into the high mountain."
-- Isaiah 40:9
Each believer should be thirsting for God, for the living God, and
longing to climb the hill of the Lord, and see him face to face. We
ought not to rest content in the mists of the valley when the summit of
Tabor awaits us. My soul thirsteth to drink deep of the cup which is
reserved for those who reach the mountain's brow, and bathe their brows
in heaven. How pure are the dews of the hills, how fresh is the
mountain air, how rich the fare of the dwellers aloft, whose windows
look into the New Jerusalem! Many saints are content to live like men
in coal mines, who see not the sun; they eat dust like the serpent when
they might taste the ambrosial meat of angels; they are content to wear
the miner's garb when they might put on king's robes; tears mar their
faces when they might anoint them with celestial oil. Satisfied I am
that many a believer pines in a dungeon when he might walk on the
palace roof, and view the goodly land and Lebanon. Rouse thee, O
believer, from thy low condition! Cast away thy sloth, thy lethargy,
thy coldness, or whatever interferes with thy chaste and pure love to
Christ, thy soul's Husband. Make him the source, the centre, and the
circumference of all thy soul's range of delight. What enchants thee
into such folly as to remain in a pit when thou mayst sit on a throne?
Live not in the lowlands of bondage now that mountain liberty is
conferred upon thee. Rest no longer satisfied with thy dwarfish
attainments, but press forward to things more sublime and heavenly.
Aspire to a higher, a nobler, a fuller life. Upward to heaven! Nearer
to God!
"When wilt thou come unto me, Lord?
Oh come, my Lord most dear!
Come near, come nearer, nearer still,
I'm blest when thou art near."
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