Unsearchable Riches!!

The following post is a devotion by Charles Spurgeon. Read and be blessed.

"The unsearchable riches of Christ." Ephesians 3:8

My Master has riches beyond the count of arithmetic, the measurement of reason, the dream of imagination, or the eloquence of words. They are unsearchable! You may look, and study, and weigh, but Jesus is a greater Saviour than you think him to be when your thoughts are at the
greatest.

My Lord is more ready to pardon than you to sin, more able to forgive than you to transgress. My Master is more willing to supply your wants than you are to confess them. Never tolerate low thoughts of my Lord Jesus. When you put the crown on his head, you will only crown
him with silver when he deserves gold.

My Master has riches of happiness to bestow upon you now. He can make you to lie down in green pastures, and lead you beside still waters. There is no music like the music of his pipe, when he is the Shepherd and you are the sheep, and you lie down at his feet. There is no love like his, neither earth nor heaven can match it.

To know Christ and to be found in him-oh! this is life, this is joy, this is marrow and fatness, wine on the lees well refined. My Master does not treat His servants churlishly; He gives to them as a king giveth to a king; He gives them two heavens-a heaven below in serving Him here, and a heaven above in delighting in Him for ever.

His unsearchable riches will be best known in eternity. He will give you on the way to heaven all you need; your place of defense shall be the munitions of rocks, your bread shall be given you, and your waters shall be sure; but it is there, THERE, where you shall hear the song of them that triumph, the shout of them that feast, and shall have a face-to-face view of the glorious and beloved One.

The unsearchable riches of Christ! This is the tune for the minstrels of earth, and the song for the harpers of heaven. Lord, teach us more and more of Jesus, and we will tell out the good news to others.

Suffering with The Savior

“It is clear from Scripture that suffering is a significant thread that runs through the story of God’s people. In Jesus and because of his resurrection, the saints long for the time when ‘there will be no more death or mourning or crying of pain’ and God ‘will wipe away every tear from their eyes’ (Rev. 21:4). But meanwhile, believers suffer as people united to the Savior, who endured suffering prior to his glory.”

- Michael R. Emlet, CrossTalk (Greensboro, NC: New Growth Press, 2009), 77.

Wonderful Savior

I have been singing this song and I love the words, so here are the lyrics:

Wonderful Savior

How can we not sing out to the One who saved us
And covered us with Your blood
Casting all our sin into Your sea of mercy
Crowning us with Your love?

Wonderful Savior, beautiful Jesus
Bending down to lift us up
Out of our darkness, into Your brightness
Calling us Your own
Wonderful Savior, beautiful Jesus
We will always love You
Wonderful Savior, beautiful Jesus

How can we not sing out to the One who changed us
And gave us eternal hope
Capturing our hearts, flooding us with gladness
That someday we’ll see Your face?

Words and music by Mark Altrogge
As recorded on Songs for the Cross Centered Life

You can also listen to the song here

© 2003 Sovereign Grace Praise (BMI).

My precious Saviour

Like the morning dew on the petal
Your word captivates my heart
Just as the bud begins to unfold
My heart begins to grasp
The glories of my Master
For what He rendered for my soul.

You are precious to me my Saviour
Much more than diamonds or pearl,
Your glory shines far brighter
Than the glaze of the rays of sun
You are my real treasure
You are my only hope.

Turn your eyes upon Jesus

I just know the refrain of this beautiful song. And as I sing and truly focus my thoughts on my Saviour and Lord, I pray dear Lord that "the things of this world would grow strangely dim in the light of His glory and grace" Will you sing with me??

O soul, are you weary and troubled?
No light in the darkness you see?
There’s light for a look at the Savior,
And life more abundant and free!

Refrain:
Turn your eyes upon Jesus,
Look full in His wonderful face,
And the things of earth will grow strangely dim,
In the light of His glory and grace.


Through death into life everlasting
He passed, and we follow Him there;
O’er us sin no more hath dominion—
For more than conquerors we are!


His Word shall not fail you—He promised;
Believe Him, and all will be well:
Then go to a world that is dying,
His perfect salvation to tell!

By Helen .H. Lemmel

Forgiveness

A dear sister in Christ once told me that if you have truly learnt to forgive, you have achieved much! That statement has never left me since then. All of us struggle with forgiveness and nobody is an exception here. Yes! It is difficult to forgive someone who has sinned intentionally against us and does not care. It hurts!

I struggle with this often. But this verse reminds us of how we have been forgiven in Christ. Let's think about our own sinful lives and how much we have offended Our Holy God and still do. It is a fearful place to be. But thanks be to God that we are completely forgiven in Christ. What a precious gift!

If Christ has freely forgiven me, why am I holding back?? Let's give back what has been given freely to us. Forgiveness!!! Let's continue to forgive one another continuously just as our Savior continues to do so with us.