“He
is precious.”
1 Peter 2:7
As all the rivers run into the
sea, so all delights centre in our Beloved. The glances of his eyes outshine
the sun: the beauties of his face are fairer than the choicest flowers: no
fragrance is like the breath of his mouth. Gems of the mine, and pearls from
the sea, are worthless things when measured by his preciousness. Peter tells us
that Jesus is precious, but he did not and could not tell us how precious, nor
could any of us compute the value of God’s
unspeakable gift. Words cannot set forth the preciousness of the Lord Jesus to
his people, nor fully tell how essential he is to their satisfaction and
happiness. Believer, have you not found in the midst of plenty a sore famine if
your Lord has been absent? The sun was shining, but Christ had hidden himself,
and all the world was black to you; or it was night, and since the bright and
morning star was gone, no other star could yield you so much as a ray of light.
What a howling wilderness is this world without our Lord! If once he hideth
himself from us, withered are the flowers of our garden; our pleasant fruits
decay; the birds suspend their songs, and a tempest overturns our hopes. All
earth’s candles cannot make
daylight if the Sun of Righteousness be eclipsed. He is the soul of our soul,
the light of our light, the life of our life. Dear reader, what wouldst thou do
in the world without him, when thou wakest up and lookest forward to the day’s battle? What wouldst thou do
at night, when thou comest home jaded and weary, if there were no door of
fellowship between thee and Christ? Blessed be his name, he will not suffer us
to try our lot without him, for Jesus never forsakes his own. Yet, let the
thought of what life would be without him enhance his preciousness.
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