Spurgeon: April AM
* 04/22/AM
"Him hath God exalted."
--Acts 5:31
Jesus, our Lord, once crucified, dead and buried, now sits
upon the throne of glory. The highest place that heaven affords
is His by undisputed right. It is sweet to remember that the
exaltation of Christ in heaven is a representative exaltation .
He is exalted at the Father's right hand, and though as Jehovah
He had eminent glories, in which finite creatures cannot share,
yet as the Mediator, the honours which Jesus wears in heaven are
the heritage of all the saints. It is delightful to reflect how
close is Christ's union with His people. We are actually one
with Him; we are members of His body; and His exaltation is our
exaltation. He will give us to sit upon His throne, even as He
has overcome, and is set down with His Father on His throne; He
has a crown, and He gives us crowns too; He has a throne, but He
is not content with having a throne to Himself, on His right
hand there must be His queen, arrayed in "gold of Ophir." He
cannot be glorified without His bride. Look up, believer, to
Jesus now; let the eye of your faith behold Him with many crowns
upon His head; and remember that you will one day be like Him,
when you shall see Him as He is; you shall not be so great as He
is, you shall not be so divine, but still you shall, in a
measure, share the same honours, and enjoy the same happiness
and the same dignity which He possesses. Be content to live
unknown for a little while, and to walk your weary way through
the fields of poverty, or up the hills of affliction; for
by-and-by you shall reign with Christ, for He has "made us kings
and priests unto God, and we shall reign for ever and ever."
Oh!, wonderful thought for the children of God! We have Christ
for our glorious representative in heaven's courts now, and
soon He will come and receive us to Himself, to be with Him
there, to behold His glory, and to share His joy.