An inexhaustible fullness by
John Fawcett Yes, He is very precious to you who believe.
1 Peter 2 verse 7 Christian, Jesus is your Savior, your friend,
and your portion. You are guilty. His blood cleanses
from all sin. You are miserable. He is rich
in mercy. You are helpless. He is mighty
to save. You are impoverished. His riches
are unsearchable. His treasures of grace are inexhaustible. There is an inexhaustible fullness
in Him. answerable to all your necessities,
be they ever so many or ever so great. He is the ever-flowing,
the overflowing fountain of living waters. He is able to do exceedingly
abundantly above all that we can ask or think. It has pleased
the Father that in Him all fullness should dwell. Indeed, we have
all received grace after grace from His fullness. His kindness
and mercy are unbounded. If the kindness of men has a
tendency to win your hearts, how much more should the infinite
love of Jesus constrain you to love Him? He is precious in the
glorious perfections of His person, His transcendent worth, and His
all-surpassing excellency. Surely, then, it is reasonable,
it is highly proper, that He should be chief the object of
your love. All that is excellent, all that
is desirable, all that is comforting is concentrated in Him. He is fairer than the children
of men, the chief among ten thousands, and altogether lovely. Oh, how
unspeakably, how infinitely precious! Yes, He is very precious to you
who believe." 1 Peter 2 verse 7. Love to Jesus is maintained
and continued in its warmth and fervor by frequent meditation
on His adorable person, His dying love, and His infinite excellence
and preciousness. If we lose sight of Him as the
spring of all our happiness and of His ineffable glories, the
fervency of our love for Him will be abated. If Jesus Christ
is so superlatively precious in Himself, we have reason to
be ashamed that we love Him no more. Alas, how languid are our
affections towards Him who is altogether lovely, and how easily
are our hearts captivated with vanities and trifles. This is matter of deep humiliation,
grief, and sorrow. This Puritan devotional has been
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