Morning, March 15
Charles Spurgeon · Morning and Evening: Daily Readings
2 Timothy 2:1
"Be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus."
2 Timothy 2:1
Christ has grace without measure in himself, but he hath not retained
it for himself. As the reservoir empties itself into the pipes, so hath
Christ emptied out his grace for his people. "Of his fulness have all
we received, and grace for grace." He seems only to have in order to
dispense to us. He stands like the fountain, always flowing, but only
running in order to supply the empty pitchers and the thirsty lips
which draw nigh unto it. Like a tree, he bears sweet fruit, not to hang
on boughs, but to be gathered by those who need. Grace, whether its
work be to pardon, to cleanse, to preserve, to strengthen, to
enlighten, to quicken, or to restore, is ever to be had from him freely
and without price; nor is there one form of the work of grace which he
has not bestowed upon his people. As the blood of the body, though
flowing from the heart, belongs equally to every member, so the
influences of grace are the inheritance of every saint united to the
Lamb; and herein there is a sweet communion between Christ and his
Church, inasmuch as they both receive the same grace. Christ is the
head upon which the oil is first poured; but the same oil runs to the
very skirts of the garments, so that the meanest saint has an unction
of the same costly moisture as that which fell upon the head. This is
true communion when the sap of grace flows from the stem to the branch,
and when it is perceived that the stem itself is sustained by the very
nourishment which feeds the branch. As we day by day receive grace from
Jesus, and more constantly recognize it as coming from him, we shall
behold him in communion with us, and enjoy the felicity of communion
with him. Let us make daily use of our riches, and ever repair to him
as to our own Lord in covenant, taking from him the supply of all we
need with as much boldness as men take money from their own purse.