Morning, November 23
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“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.