Charles Haddon Spurgeon's Morning Devotional For Friday March 15, 2019 |
Morning Time: 3:56 AM PST
"Be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus." --2 Timothy 2:1
Christ has grace without measure in Himself, but He hath not retained it for
Himself. As the reservoir empties itself into the pipes, so hath Christ emptied
out His grace for His people. "Of His fulness have all we received, and grace
for grace." He seems only to have in order to dispense to us. He stands like the
fountain, always flowing, but only running in order to supply the empty pitchers
and the thirsty lips which draw nigh unto it. Like a tree, He bears sweet fruit,
not to hang on boughs, but to be gathered by those who need. Grace, whether its
work be to pardon, to cleanse, to preserve, to strengthen, to enlighten, to
quicken, or to restore, is ever to be had from Him freely and without price; nor
is there one form of the work of grace which He has not bestowed upon His
people. As the blood of the body, though flowing from the heart, belongs equally
to every member, so the influences of grace are the inheritance of every saint
united to the Lamb; and herein there is a sweet communion between Christ and His
Church, inasmuch as they both receive the same grace. Christ is the head upon
which the oil is first poured; but the same oil runs to the very skirts of the
garments, so that the meanest saint has an unction of the same costly moisture
as that which fell upon the head. This is true communion when the sap of grace
flows from the stem to the branch, and when it is perceived that the stem itself
is sustained by the very nourishment which feeds the branch. As we day by day
receive grace from Jesus, and more constantly recognize it as coming from Him,
we shall behold Him in communion with us, and enjoy the felicity of communion
with Him. Let us make daily use of our riches, and ever repair to Him as to our
own Lord in covenant, taking from Him the supply of all we need with as much
boldness as men take money from their own purse.
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