Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God. You have cried out for wisdom, guidance, and blessing, and behold, all these are stored up in the person of Jesus Christ. He who built the heavens by wisdom is able to order every step of your life, and He who laid the foundations of the earth by His skill can certainly lay a sure foundation for your business, your family, and your ministry. Extol Him in your songs, for He is Christ, the power of God and the wisdom of God. But if you feel your lost estate and come to Christ, come, and welcome, for He will never cast you away.
Healing and forgiveness are placed in happy conjunction and both bestowed on the Lord’s people when they looked not for them. You have brought your teeth, your eyes, your leg, your stomach, all these ailments, before the throne, and it is well. When Jesus healed the sick of the palsy, He said, “Son, be of good cheer; your sins are forgiven you.” Pardon and healing were one! Look to Christ, for He is the Word of God sent for the healing of sin-sick souls and suffering bodies alike. He sent His Word and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions. There is balm in Jesus, there is a Physician at Calvary, and the hurt of the daughter of God’s people shall be healed if she will but fly to Jesus Christ for healing.
You seek a wife and a family, and you ask for strategy and support in these earthly cares. Live near to God, and He will say things to you that He will not tell anybody else. Guidance is the sweet privilege of the saints, for He will guide you with His counsel and afterward receive you to glory. Wisdom, dressed in robes of love and tenderness, invites us to run into her arms. Strait is the gate and narrow is the way, but you keep to the narrow way and you will be in the right road. The great general principle of our holy religion is that we ought to live for the glory of God alone, and in the family, do all for the Lord Jesus Christ, those commonplace things, sweeten and flavor them with love for Him.
You have life in Christ, and this is the fountain of all your service and strength. While He works in us mightily, our life is active and powerful; if He withdraws His active operations, our new life becomes faint and sickly. But Christ is your life, and He is the surety for His people, under bonds and pledges to bring His redeemed safely home. The strength God has given you in Christ suggests activity, and the gratitude for that strength impels you to activity. How can a man be still when Christ has spoken for him and delivered him? The debt is discharged to the utmost farthing; the scales of justice turn in our favor. We are free, for Christ was bound; we live, for Jesus died. Now, since the Lord Jesus Christ is an Advocate for you, be an advocate for Him in your business, your friendships, your sport, and every area you have named.
He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and broke their bands in sunder. Oh that men would praise the Lord for His goodness and for His wonderful works to the children of men! Welcome to pardon and healing through our Lord Jesus. His leaves are for the healing of the nations, and the fruit is always ripe and always ready. Take a full and eager bite of this Tree of Life, and let your soul be satisfied. Then you will arise and minister to Him, proving your love in every sphere. He is all, your wisdom, your guidance, your strategy, your blessing, and all for God’s glory, in the Holy Name of Jesus Christ.