November 15 Daily Devotional

Bible Reading

John 17:20–23

Devotional

Behold the outstanding generosity of the Lord Jesus, for he has given us his all. Even though a mere 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 even 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.

If he had given us even a small pension from his royal coffers, even then we would have had good reason to love him for all eternity. But no, he wants his bride to be as rich as he , and he will not have a glory or a grace in which she will 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; he shares all things with his redeemed. There is not a single room in his house of which he will withhold the key from his people. He gives them full liberty to take all that he has to be their own. He loves for them to make free with his treasure, and appropriate as much as they can possibly carry.

The boundless fullness of his all-sufficiency is as free to the believer as the air he breathes. Christ puts the cup of his love and grace to the believer’s lip, and bids him drink on forever and ever. If he could drain it, he is welcome to do so. And since he can never exhaust it, he is bidden to drink abundantly, for it all belongs to him. 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.”
(Robert Murray M’Cheyne)

[June 30]

Extracted from C. H. Spurgeon, Morning and Evening (public domain), language modernized by Larry E. Wilson.