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"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!