Supplication: With Christ In The Heavenlies
With Christ in the Heavenlies
O dear Saviour, it is such a joy to us to know that Thou art "Very God of Very God," most truly divine. We worship Thee. It is an equal joy to know that Thou art in all points made like unto Thy brethren—most truly Man, of the substance of Thy mother. We joy in Thy humanity. Our heart rejoices to have such a Brother as Thou art, born for adversities; and it is a great privilege to us to think of Thee as sitting at the right hand of God, daily interceding for us, for though Thy Passion is but once, yet the influence of it is for ever. Though Thou didst but once bring the Sacrifice, yet Thou dost present it day and night on behalf of those that come to God by Thee. And we, too, are at the Father's right hand, since Thou art there. Thou dost represent our humanity. Thou dost represent us, and we are accepted in the Beloved, and we are raised up together, and made to sit together in the heavenlies in Christ. Let us realise our privilege. Lord, let us not live as if we were merely earth-born, for we are born from heaven. Let us not live as if our portion were beneath the moon; for our best portion lies on the other side of Jordan, in the goodly land; thither Christ has gone to take possession of it in our name. And as Thou art with the Father, let us feel that we are with the Father. Forgetting all the noise and turmoil of this week of tossings to and fro; forgetting all cares and anxieties of family and of business, we would now steal away to Jesus, and feel that we have stolen away towards God, and are now speaking with our Father face to face.
Lord, Thou knowest us. Wilt Thou not look upon Thy children with that sweetly-searching eye of Thine which will spy out our wants to fulfil them; our desires, to grant them; our sins to pardon them; our weaknesses, to give us strength equal to our day? Father, we, being evil, speak to our fathers, and they give us, as their children, what we need. And now we speak to Thee, and Thou art not evil, and Thou wilt surely give us exceeding abundantly above what we ask or think. Thou wilt leave no one unsupplied, no grief unassuaged. In fact, we feel perfectly happy when we feel perfectly in the presence of God. We have all we want when we come to Thee. How am I rich when Christ is mine! To Him be the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.