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<p>&quot;From his fullness we have all received one gracious gift after another.&quot; (John 1:16)<br><br>
All plenitude is in Christ, to answer all the needs of His people. In Christ dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily, that out of His fullness I may receive all spiritual blessings!<br><br>
Have I destroyed myself by sin? I have deliverance from Him who is mighty to save from sin and wrath!<br><br>
Is my foolish mind darkened? Am I a guilty, polluted, and ruined wretch? Jesus is my wisdom, righteousness, sanctification, and redemption!<br><br>
Is my life fleeting—and passing away like a shadow? Jesus is the Ancient of days, and endures for evermore!<br><br>
Are my days short-lived and full of trouble? Jesus is my life, the length of my days, and the joy of my heart!<br><br>
Am I exposed to contempt? Jesus shall be my crown of glory, and diadem of beauty!<br><br>
Am I travelling through the wilderness? Jesus is my staff, and on Him I lean all the way!<br><br>
Am I on my last journey to my long home? Jesus is my leader, and my rewarder!<br><br>
Am I a sheep? Jesus is my pasture, and my green pasture too!<br><br>
Am I hungry and thirsty? Jesus is my heavenly manna, and gives me to drink of the water of life!<br><br>
Am I weary? Jesus is my rest and refreshing!<br><br>
Am I weak? Jesus is my strength!<br><br>
Am I oppressed and wronged? Jesus is my judge, and my avenger!<br><br>
Am I reproached? The reproach of His people, Jesus will wipe away!<br><br>
Am I a soldier? Jesus is my Captain and shield!<br><br>
Must I fight in the field of battle? Jesus is my armour in the day of war!<br><br>
Do I sit in darkness? Jesus is my light!<br><br>
Do I have doubts? Jesus is my counsellor!<br><br>
Am I ignorant? Jesus is my wisdom!<br><br>
Am I guilty? Jesus is my justification!<br><br>
Am I filthy? Jesus is my sanctification!<br><br>
Am I dead in sin? Jesus is my life, and quickens those who are dead in trespasses and sins!<br><br>
Am I poor? Jesus is the pearl of great price, and has immeasurable riches!<br><br>
Am I blind? Jesus, and none but He can open the eyes of one born blind!<br><br>
Am I naked? Jesus has white clothing to cover the shame of my nakedness!<br><br>
Am I in the very utmost necessity? Jesus is a very present help in time of trouble!<br><br>
Am I exposed to the hurricanes of adversity? Jesus is a refuge from the storm; a shelter from the blast; rivers of water in a desert; the shadow of a great rock in a weary land!<br><br>
Am I afraid of being left alone? Jesus will never leave me, nor forsake me!<br><br>
Do friends and brethren prove false? Jesus is the friend who sticks closer than a brother!<br><br>
Am I in danger from diseases and death; or from sin and Satan? My life is hidden with Christ in God! When He shall appear, I shall appear with Him—immortal in my body, and glorious in my soul!<br><br>
Is my case considered in the court of heaven? There Jesus is my Advocate!<br><br>
Do I offend the Father? Jesus is my Intercessor!<br><br>
Do I suffer in my body, and am I grieved in my mind? Jesus bore my infirmities, and carried my grief's!<br><br>
Is my mind disquieted, and my soul debarred from peace? Jesus is my sympathetic High Priest! He was tempted in all points, and knows how to support those who are tempted!<br><br>
Am I poor in my circumstances? Jesus, the heir of all things! Though He was rich, yet for my sake He became poor, that I through His poverty might be made rich!<br><br>
Do I suffer in my character? Jesus was numbered with transgressors, called a Samaritan, a glutton, a drunkard, and a devil!<br><br>
Am I bereaved or alone? Well, Jesus in the fatal night was left alone; all the disciples forsook Him and fled! Jesus, my only friend, can never die!<br><br>
Must I undergo death and be laid in the grave? Jesus has taken away the sting of death, and robbed the grave of its victory!<br><br>
Must I rot in the grave? Jesus shall be my resurrection, and raise me to immortality and bliss!<br><br>
Would I go to God and to glory? Jesus is my way, and must admit me into the palace of the great King, where I shall abide forever!<br><br>
In summary, Jesus is . . .<br />
  my brother,<br />
  my physician,<br />
  my prophet,<br />
  my priest,<br />
  my king,<br />
  my father,<br />
  my head,<br />
  my husband!<br><br>
In eternity, when I shall dwell in the land of bliss, in the city of God—Jesus will be the light thereof! And since I am to worship there forever, He will be the temple of all the redeemed!<br><br>
My needs are many, but His fullness is infinitely more!<br><br>
The morning dews and fructifying showers water the fields, and refresh the parched furrows. But what are they, compared to the exhaust-less ocean of Jesus?<br><br>
What is all that I enjoy here below, compared to the exuberant fullness of the heavenly bliss? O! then, how shall my soul be replenished—when possessed of this infinite All, through eternity itself!

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