1 Peter 2:7

“He is precious.”
— 1 Peter 2:7

As all the rivers run into the sea, so all delights centre in our
Beloved. The glances of his eyes outshine the sun: the beauties of his
face are fairer than the choicest flowers: no fragrance is like the
breath of his mouth. Gems of the mine, and pearls from the sea, are
worthless things when measured by his preciousness. Peter tells us that
Jesus is precious, but he did not and could not tell us how precious,
nor could any of us compute the value of God’s unspeakable gift. Words
cannot set forth the preciousness of the Lord Jesus to his people, nor
fully tell how essential he is to their satisfaction and happiness.
Believer, have you not found in the midst of plenty a sore famine if
your Lord has been absent? The sun was shining, but Christ had hidden
himself, and all the world was black to you; or it was night, and since
the bright and morning star was gone, no other star could yield you so
much as a ray of light. What a howling wilderness is this world without
our Lord! If once he hideth himself from us, withered are the flowers
of our garden; our pleasant fruits decay; the birds suspend their
songs, and a tempest overturns our hopes. All earth’s candles cannot
make daylight if the Sun of Righteousness be eclipsed. He is the soul
of our soul, the light of our light, the life of our life. Dear reader,
what wouldst thou do in the world without him, when thou wakest up and
lookest forward to the day’s battle? What wouldst thou do at night,
when thou comest home jaded and weary, if there were no door of
fellowship between thee and Christ? Blessed be his name, he will not
suffer us to try our lot without him, for Jesus never forsakes his own.
Yet, let the thought of what life would be without him enhance his
preciousness.

On this day…

• Isaiah 23 – 2024
• Isaiah 22 – 2024
• “Adam” or “the Adam” – 2011
• banah – to build – 2011
• An in-depth look at the translation of the Hebrew word adam – 2011
• I have a passion for His glory & for my joy in that glory – 2011
• C.H. Spurgeons’s The Treasury of David – Psalm 127:1 – 2011
• Word Puns in The Hebrew Book of Matthew – 2011
• The Value of Multiple Translations – 2011