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Sunday, May 18, 2008
MORNING:
"In him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. And ye
are complete in him."
-- Colossians 2:9,
All the attributes of Christ, as God and man, are at our disposal. All
the fulness of the Godhead, whatever that marvellous term may
comprehend, is ours to make us complete. He cannot endow us with the
attributes of Deity; but he has done all that can be done, for he has
made even his divine power and Godhead subservient to our salvation.
His omnipotence, omniscience, omnipresence, immutability and
infallibility, are all combined for our defence. Arise, believer, and
behold the Lord Jesus yoking the whole of his divine Godhead to the
chariot of salvation! How vast his grace, how firm his faithfulness,
how unswerving his immutability, how infinite his power, how limitless
his knowledge! All these are by the Lord Jesus made the pillars of the
temple of salvation; and all, without diminution of their infinity, are
covenanted to us as our perpetual inheritance. The fathomless love of
the Saviour's heart is every drop of it ours; every sinew in the arm of
might, every jewel in the crown of majesty, the immensity of divine
knowledge, and the sternness of divine justice, all are ours, and shall
be employed for us. The whole of Christ, in his adorable character as
the Son of God, is by himself made over to us most richly to enjoy. His
wisdom is our direction, his knowledge our instruction, his power our
protection, his justice our surety, his love our comfort, his mercy our
solace, and his immutability our trust. He makes no reserve, but opens
the recesses of the Mount of God and bids us dig in its mines for the
hidden treasures. "All, all, all are yours," saith he, "be ye satisfied
with favour and full of the goodness of the Lord." Oh! how sweet thus
to behold Jesus, and to call upon him with the certain confidence that
in seeking the interposition of his love or power, we are but asking
for that which he has already faithfully promised.
EVENING:
"Afterward."
-- Hebrews 12:11
How happy are tried Christians, afterwards. No calm more deep than that
which succeeds a storm. Who has not rejoiced in clear shinings after
rain? Victorious banquets are for well-exercised soldiers. After
killing the lion we eat the honey; after climbing the Hill Difficulty,
we sit down in the arbour to rest; after traversing the Valley of
Humiliation, after fighting with Apollyon, the shining one appears,
with the healing branch from the tree of life. Our sorrows, like the
passing keels of the vessels upon the sea, leave a silver line of holy
light behind them "afterwards." It is peace, sweet, deep peace, which
follows the horrible turmoil which once reigned in our tormented,
guilty souls. See, then, the happy estate of a Christian! He has his
best things last, and he therefore in this world receives his worst
things first. But even his worst things are "afterward" good things,
harsh ploughings yielding joyful harvests. Even now he grows rich by
his losses, he rises by his falls, he lives by dying, and becomes full
by being emptied; if, then, his grievous afflictions yield him so much
peaceable fruit in this life, what shall be the full vintage of joy
"afterwards" in heaven? If his dark nights are as bright as the world's
days, what shall his days be? If even his starlight is more splendid
than the sun, what must his sunlight be? If he can sing in a dungeon,
how sweetly will he sing in heaven! If he can praise the Lord in the
fires, how will he extol him before the eternal throne! If evil be good
to him now, what will the overflowing goodness of God be to him then?
Oh, blessed "afterward!" Who would not be a Christian? Who would not
bear the present cross for the crown which cometh afterwards? But
herein is work for patience, for the rest is not for to-day, nor the
triumph for the present, but "afterward." Wait, O soul, and let
patience have her perfect work.
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