Morning, June 18

Charles Spurgeon · Morning and Evening: Daily Readings

"Thy Redeemer."

  Isaiah 54:5

   Jesus, the Redeemer, is altogether ours and ours forever. All the
   offices of Christ are held on our behalf. He is king for us, priest for
   us, and prophet for us. Whenever we read a new title of the Redeemer,
   let us appropriate him as ours under that name as much as under any
   other. The shepherd's staff, the father's rod, the captain's sword, the
   priest's mitre, the prince's sceptre, the prophet's mantle, all are
   ours. Jesus hath no dignity which he will not employ for our
   exaltation, and no prerogative which he will not exercise for our
   defence. His fulness of Godhead is our unfailing, inexhaustible
   treasure-house.

   His manhood also, which he took upon him for us, is ours in all its
   perfection. To us our gracious Lord communicates the spotless virtue of
   a stainless character; to us he gives the meritorious efficacy of a
   devoted life; on us he bestows the reward procured by obedient
   submission and incessant service. He makes the unsullied garment of his
   life our covering beauty; the glittering virtues of his character our
   ornaments and jewels; and the superhuman meekness of his death our
   boast and glory. He bequeaths us his manger, from which to learn how
   God came down to man; and his Cross to teach us how man may go up to
   God. All his thoughts, emotions, actions, utterances, miracles, and
   intercessions, were for us. He trod the road of sorrow on our behalf,
   and hath made over to us as his heavenly legacy the full results of all
   the labours of his life. He is now as much ours as heretofore; and he
   blushes not to acknowledge himself "our Lord Jesus Christ," though he
   is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of
   lords. Christ everywhere and every way is our Christ, forever and ever
   most richly to enjoy. O my soul, by the power of the Holy Spirit! call
   him this morning, "thy Redeemer."