Ephesians 1:14
"Oh!
what enlightenment, what joys, what consolation, what delight of heart
is experienced by that man who has learned to feed on Jesus, and on
Jesus alone. Yet the realization which we have of Christ's preciousness
is, in this life, imperfect at the best. As an old writer says, "'Tis
but a taste!" We have tasted "that the Lord is gracious," but we do not
yet know how good and gracious he is, although what we know of his
sweetness makes us long for more. We have enjoyed the firstfruits of the
Spirit, and they have set us hungering and thirsting for the fulness of
the heavenly vintage. We groan within ourselves, waiting for the
adoption. Here we are like Israel in the wilderness, who had but one
cluster from Eshcol, there we shall be in the vineyard. Here we see the
manna falling small, like coriander seed, but there shall we eat the
bread of heaven and the old corn of the kingdom. We are but beginners
now in spiritual education; for although we have learned the first
letters of the alphabet, we cannot read words yet, much less can we put
sentences together; but as one says, "He that has been in heaven but
five minutes, knows more than the general assembly of divines on earth."
We have many ungratified desires at present, but soon every wish shall
be satisfied; and all our powers shall find the sweetest employment in
that eternal world of joy. O Christian, antedate heaven for a few years.
Within a very little time thou shalt be rid of all thy trials and thy
troubles. Thine eyes now suffused with tears shall weep no longer. Thou
shalt gaze in ineffable rapture upon the splendour of him who sits upon
the throne. Nay, more, upon his throne shalt thou sit. The triumph of
his glory shall be shared by thee; his crown, his joy, his paradise,
these shall be thine, and thou shalt be co-heir with him who is the heir
of all things."Charles Spurgeon
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