He is precious.
1 Peter 2:7
"AS all the
rivers run into the sea,
so all delights center in our Beloved.
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