Till He Come SAMPLE

Till He Come
for these convey a sense of our sinnership while they remind us
of how our Lord met our sin, and put it away.
Herein we fall as low as the dead. Where is the “I”? Where is
the self-glorying? Have you any left in the presence of the
crucified Savior? As you in spirit eat His flesh and drink His
blood, can you glory in your own flesh, or feel the pride of
blood and birth? Fie upon us if there mingles a tinge of pride
with our ministry, or a taint of self-laudation with our success!
When we see Jesus, our Savior, the Savior of sinners, surely self
will sink, and humility will fall at His feet. When we think of
Gethsemane and Calvary, and all our great Redeemer’s pain and
agony, surely, by the Holy Ghost, self-glorying, self-seeking, and
self-will must fall as though slain with a deadly wound. “When I
saw Him, I fell at His feet as dead.”
Here, also, we learn a second lesson. Jesus has placed upon this
table food. The bread sets forth all that is necessary, and the cup
all that is luxurious: provision for all our wants and for all our
right desires, all that we need for sustenance and joy. Then, what
a poverty-stricken soul am I that I cannot find myself in bread!
As to comforts, I may not think of them; they must be given
me or I shall never taste them.
Brothers, we are Gentlemen Commoners upon the bounty of
our great Kinsman: we come to His table for our maintenance,
we have no establishments of our own. He who feeds the
sparrows feeds our souls; in spiritual things, we no more gather
into barns than do the blessed birds; our heavenly Father feeds
us from that “all fulness” which it hath pleased Him to lay up
for us in Jesus. We could not live an hour spiritually without
Him who is not only bread, but life; not only the wine which
cheereth, but consolation itself. Our life hangs upon Jesus; He is
our Head as well as our food. We shall never outgrow our need
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