All plenitude is in Christ, to
answer all the needs of His people. In Christ dwells all the fullness
of the Godhead bodily, that out of His fullness I may receive
all spiritual blessings. Have I destroyed myself by sin? I have deliverance from Him who
is mighty to save from sin and wrath. Is my foolish mind darkened? Am I a guilty, polluted, and
ruined wretch? Jesus is my wisdom, righteousness,
sanctification, and redemption. Is my life fleeting and passing
away like a shadow? Jesus is the Ancient of Days
and endures forevermore. Are my days short-lived and full
of trouble? Jesus is my life, the length
of my days, and the joy of my heart. Am I exposed to contempt? Jesus shall be my crown of glory
and diadem of beauty. Am I traveling through the wilderness?
Jesus is my staff, and on Him I lean all the way. Am I on my
last journey to my long home? Jesus is my leader and my rewarder. Am I a sheep? Jesus is my pasture,
and my green pasture too. Am I hungry and thirsty? Jesus is my heavenly manna and
gives me to drink of the water of life. Am I weary? Jesus is my rest and refreshing. Am I weak? Jesus is my strength. Am I oppressed and wronged? Jesus
is my judge and my avenger. Am I reproached? the reproach
of his people, Jesus will wipe away. Am I a soldier? Jesus is my captain and shield. Must I fight in the field of
battle? Jesus is my armor in the day
of war. Do I sit in darkness? Jesus is
my light. Do I have doubts? Jesus is my
counselor. Am I ignorant? Jesus is my wisdom. Am I guilty? Jesus is my justification. Am I filthy? Jesus is my sanctification. Am I dead in sin? Jesus is my
life and quickens those who are dead in trespasses and sins.
Am I poor? Jesus is the pearl of great price
and has immeasurable riches. Am I blind? Jesus and none but
He can open the eyes of one born blind. Am I naked? Jesus has white clothing to cover
the shame of my nakedness. Am I in the very utmost necessity? Jesus is a very present help
in time of trouble. Am I exposed to the hurricanes
of adversity? Jesus is a refuge from the storm,
a shelter from the blast, rivers of water in a desert, the shadow
of a great rock in a weary land. Am I afraid of being left alone? Jesus will never leave me nor
forsake me. Do friends and brethren prove
false? Jesus is the friend who sticks
closer than a brother. Am I in danger from diseases
and death, or from sin and Satan? My life is hidden with Christ
in God. When He shall appear, I shall
appear with Him, immortal in my body and glorious in my soul. Is my case considered in the
court of heaven? There Jesus is my advocate. Do I offend the Father? Jesus
is my intercessor. Do I suffer in my body and am
I grieved in my mind? Jesus bore my infirmities and
carried my griefs. Is my mind disquieted and my
soul debarred from peace? Jesus is my sympathetic High
Priest. He was tempted in all points
and knows how to support those who are tempted. Am I poor in
my circumstances? Jesus, the heir of all things,
though he was rich, yet for my sake he became poor, that I through
his poverty might be made rich. Do I suffer in my character?
Jesus was numbered with transgressors, called a Samaritan, a glutton,
a drunkard, and a devil. Am I bereaved or alone? Well, Jesus, in the fatal night,
was left alone. All the disciples forsook Him
and fled. Jesus, my only friend, can never
die. Must I undergo death and be laid
in the grave? Jesus has taken away the sting
of death and robbed the grave of its victory. Must I rot in
the grave? Jesus shall be my resurrection,
And raise me to immortality and bliss. Would I go to God and
to glory? Jesus is my way, And must admit
me into the palace of the great King, Where I shall abide forever. In summary, Jesus is my brother,
my physician, my prophet, my priest, my king, my father, my
head, my husband. In eternity, when I shall dwell
in the land of bliss, in the city of God, Jesus will be the
light thereof. And since I am to worship there
forever, He will be the temple of all the redeemed. My needs
are many, but His fullness is infinitely more. The morning
dews and fructifying showers water the fields and refresh
the parched furrows. But what are they compared to
the exhaustless ocean of Jesus? What is all that I enjoy here
below compared to the exuberant fullness of the heavenly bliss? Oh, then how shall my soul be
replenished when possessed of this infinite all through eternity
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