Morning, June 21
Charles Spurgeon · Morning and Evening: Daily Readings
Psalms 45:2
"Thou art fairer than the children of men."
Psalm 45:2
The entire person of Jesus is but as one gem, and his life is all along
but one impression of the seal. He is altogether complete; not only in
his several parts, but as a gracious all-glorious whole. His character
is not a mass of fair colours mixed confusedly, nor a heap of precious
stones laid carelessly one upon another; he is a picture of beauty and
a breastplate of glory. In him, all the "things of good repute" are in
their proper places, and assist in adorning each other. Not one feature
in his glorious person attracts attention at the expense of others; but
he is perfectly and altogether lovely.
Oh, Jesus! thy power, thy grace, thy justice, thy tenderness, thy
truth, thy majesty, and thine immutability make up such a man, or
rather such a God-man, as neither heaven nor earth hath seen elsewhere.
Thy infancy, thy eternity, thy sufferings, thy triumphs, thy death, and
thine immortality, are all woven in one gorgeous tapestry, without seam
or rent. Thou art music without discord; thou art many, and yet not
divided; thou art all things, and yet not diverse. As all the colours
blend into one resplendent rainbow, so all the glories of heaven and
earth meet in thee, and unite so wondrously, that there is none like
thee in all things; nay, if all the virtues of the most excellent were
bound in one bundle, they could not rival thee, thou mirror of all
perfection. Thou hast been anointed with the holy oil of myrrh and
cassia, which thy God hath reserved for thee alone; and as for thy
fragrance, it is as the holy perfume, the like of which none other can
ever mingle, even with the art of the apothecary; each spice is
fragrant, but the compound is divine.
"Oh, sacred symmetry! oh, rare connection
Of many perfects, to make one perfection!
Oh, heavenly music, where all parts do meet
In one sweet strain, to make one perfect sweet!"