Morning – June 30 | Spurgeon Devotional

Morning

Scripture

> The glory that you have given me I have given to them, that they may be one even as we are one.
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> — John 17:22 (ESV)

Devotional

Behold the superlative liberality of the Lord Jesus, for he hath given us his all. Although a tithe of his possessions would have made a universe of angels rich beyond all thought, yet was he not content until he had given us all that he had. It would have been surprising grace if he had allowed us to eat the crumbs of his bounty beneath the table of his mercy; but he will do nothing by halves, he makes us sit with him and share the feast. Had he given us some small pension from his royal coffers, we should have had cause to love him eternally; but no, he will have his bride as rich as himself, and he will not have a glory or a grace in which she shall not share. He has not been content with less than making us joint-heirs with himself, so that we might have equal possessions. He has emptied all his estate into the coffers of the Church, and hath all things common with his redeemed. There is not one room in his house the key of which he will withhold from his people. He gives them full liberty to take all that he hath to be their own; he loves them to make free with his treasure, and appropriate as much as they can possibly carry. The boundless fulness of his all-sufficiency is as free to the believer as the air he breathes. Christ hath put the flagon of his love and grace to the believer’s lip, and bidden him drink on forever; for could he drain it, he is welcome to do so, and as he cannot exhaust it, he is bidden to drink abundantly, for it is all his own. What truer proof of fellowship can heaven or earth afford?

“When I stand before the throne Dressed in beauty not my own; When I see thee as thou art, Love thee with unsinning heart; Then, Lord, shall I fully know— Not till then—how much I owe.”

Reflection

Spurgeon marvels at Christ’s generosity. He did not give us a portion or a pension; He gave us His all. We are joint-heirs with Him, sharing His glory, His grace, and His possessions equally. He makes His bride as rich as Himself. The believer has full access to all that Christ has.

What we might miss is that this sharing is an expression of His desire for intimate fellowship. He wants us to make free with His treasure.

Goad

Are you living as one who has been made a joint-heir with Christ, freely taking from His boundless store, or are you living as if you only have crumbs from His table? What would it look like to make free with His treasure today?