Tuesday, March 1, 2022

Precious

He is precious.
1 Peter 2:7
 
"AS all the rivers run into the sea, 
so all delights center in our Beloved. 
The glances of His eyes outshine the sun: 
the beauties of His face are fairer than the choicest flowers: 
no fragrance is like the breath of His mouth. 
 
Gems of the mine, and pearls from the sea, are worthless things when measured by His preciousness
 
Peter tells us that Jesus is precious, but he did not and could not tell us how precious, nor could any of us compute the value of God's unspeakable gift.
 
Believer, have you not found in the midst of plenty a sore famine if your Lord has been absent? The sun was shining, but Christ had hidden Himself, and all the world was black to you; ....What a howling wilderness is this world without our Lord! 
 
All earth's candles cannot make daylight if the Sun of Righteousness be eclipsed. He is the soul of our soul, the light of our light, the life of our life. ....Yet, let the thought of what life would be without Him enhance His preciousness."  
Charles Spurgeon