"And the glory which Thou gavest me I have given them."
(John 17:22)
Behold the superlative liberality of our Lord Jesus, for He has given us His ALL. Although one-hundredth of His possessions would have made a universe of angels rich beyond imagination, yet He was not satisfied until He had given us ALL that He had.
It would have been more than enough if He had allowed us to eat the crumbs of His bounty underneath the table of His mercy; but He had chosen to make 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 had decided to make His bride as rich as Himself, and He will not have a glory or a grace in which she shall not share.
With Him we are joint-heirs, so that we might have equal possessions. He has emptied all His inheritance into the coffers of the Church, and has all things in common with His beloved.
There is no single room in His house into which His people do not have access. He gives them full liberty to take all that He has to be their own; He allows them freedom into His treasure, and permits them to enjoy as much as they possibly can.
The boundless fullness of His all-sufficiency is as free to the believer as the air he breathes. Christ has put the flagon of His love and grace to the believer's lips; the believer has eternal access to the river of His pleasures. They shall be forever satisfied with the bountifulness of His feast.
“How excellent is thy loving-kindness, O God! Therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings. They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.” (Psalm 36:7, 8).
WordAlive… this is Grace!
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