Evening, August 22
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“The unsearchable riches of Christ.”
Ephesians 3:8
My Master has riches beyond the count of arithmetic, the measurement
of reason, the dream of imagination, or the eloquence of words. They
are unsearchable ! You may look, and study, and weigh, but Jesus is a greater Saviour
than you think him to be when your thoughts are at the greatest. My
Lord is more ready to pardon than you to sin, more able to forgive
than you to transgress. My Master is more willing to supply your wants
than you are to confess them. Never tolerate low thoughts of my Lord
Jesus. When you put the crown on his head, you will only crown him
with silver when he deserves gold. My Master has riches of happiness to bestow upon you now . He can make you to lie down in green pastures, and lead you beside
still waters. There is no music like the music of his pipe, when he
is the Shepherd and you are the sheep, and you lie down at his feet.
There is no love like his, neither earth nor heaven can match it.
To know Christ and to be found in him—oh! this is life, this is joy, this is marrow and fatness, wine on
the lees well refined. My Master does not treat his servants churlishly;
he gives to them as a king giveth to a king; he gives them two heavens—a heaven below in serving him here, and a heaven above in delighting
in him forever. His unsearchable riches will be best known in eternity . He will give you on the way to heaven all you need; your place of
defence shall be the munitions of rocks, your bread shall be given
you, and your waters shall be sure; but it is there, there , where you shall hear the song of them that triumph, the shout of
them that feast, and shall have a face-to-face view of the glorious
and beloved One. The unsearchable riches of Christ! This is the tune
for the minstrels of earth, and the song for the harpers of heaven.
Lord, teach us more and more of Jesus, and we will tell out the good
news to others.