The Lord Jesus Christ is the fulness of God, of His wisdom, power, and love. “And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace” (John 1:16). “In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge” (Colossians 2:3). The Lord Jesus is the One altogether lovely, and the chiefest among ten thousand. He is the Rose of Sharon, the Lily of the Valley, the King of kings, and Lord of lords (Song of Solomon 5: 16; Song of Solomon 5:1 0; Song of Solomon 2:1; 1 Timothy 6: 15; Revelation 17: 14; Revelation 19: 16).
This glorious Saviour is the life of every believer. In Him we find all the longings of our souls. From Him we drink the water of life freely, living waters that fail not. From Him we receive moment by moment light, strength, peace, and joy. In Him is the life triumphant, and as we abide in Him a constant victory over sin. His life, His power, His victory, His joy, His fulness become ours.
Are you enjoying this life triumphant? The Lord Jesus alone can transform your life and satisfy the deep longings of your soul. He is the center of the new creation life, the source of all blessings. It is not a doctrine, a creed, a church, singing hymns, or even listening to sermons. These all may point faithfully to Him, but they are not the Lord Himself. He is supremely greater than these, and must be the object of every true believer.
We may have correct doctrine, yet know little of the victory over the self life, and of the joy of intimate communion with Him. But when we realize that Christ is our goal, our life, our all in all, we find in Him our all-sufficiency in all things. Not a religion, but the Lord Jesus enthroned in your heart and life; a glorious, living, bright reality. The desire of the Apostle Paul, as expressed in his letter to the Philippians, was “For to me to live is Christ …” (Philippians 1:21).
Philippians 3:8-10, “Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ, And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith: That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death.”
Beloved, you have been by faith to that place called Calvary; you have been cleansed from all sin by His precious blood, but have you fully surrendered your heart and life to Him who loved you and gave Himself for you, and now is at the right hand of the Throne of God, ever living to make intercession for us? (Read Hebrews 7:25.) May the Lord grant that our lives may be completely abandoned to the Lord, that His abundant life may flow through to others.
“When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory” (Colossians 3:4).