Morning, August 10
Charles Spurgeon · Morning and Evening: Daily Readings
Colossians 3:4
"Christ, who is our life."
Colossians 3:4
Paul's marvellously rich expression indicates, that Christ is the
source of our life. "You hath he quickened who were dead in trespasses
and sins." That same voice which brought Lazarus out of the tomb raised
us to newness of life. He is now the substance of our spiritual life.
It is by his life that we live; he is in us, the hope of glory, the
spring of our actions, the central thought which moves every other
thought. Christ is the sustenance of our life. What can the Christian
feed upon but Jesus' flesh and blood? "This is the bread which cometh
down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die." O wayworn
pilgrims in this wilderness of sin, you never get a morsel to satisfy
the hunger of your spirits, except ye find it in him! Christ is the
solace of our life. All our true joys come from him; and in times of
trouble, his presence is our consolation. There is nothing worth living
for but him; and his lovingkindness is better than life! Christ is the
object of our life. As speeds the ship towards the port, so hastes the
believer towards the haven of his Saviour's bosom. As flies the arrow
to its goal, so flies the Christian towards the perfecting of his
fellowship with Christ Jesus. As the soldier fights for his captain,
and is crowned in his captain's victory, so the believer contends for
Christ, and gets his triumph out of the triumphs of his Master. "For
him to live is Christ." Christ is the exemplar of our life. Where there
is the same life within, there will, there must be, to a great extent,
the same developments without; and if we live in near fellowship with
the Lord Jesus we shall grow like him. We shall set him before us as
our Divine copy, and we shall seek to tread in his footsteps, until he
shall become the crown of our life in glory. Oh! how safe, how
honoured, how happy is the Christian, since Christ is our life!