January 3 Morning Devotional | The Property of Every Believer | Morning and Evening by C.H. Spurgeon

Morning, January 3 | “I will give thee for a covenant of the people.” —Isaiah 49:8

This Morning's Scripture Reading: Isaiah 49:8-13

“Thus saith the LORD, In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee: and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages; that thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in all high places. They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them. And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted. Behold, these shall come from far: and, lo, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim. Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for the LORD hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted.”

Devotional Video Transcript:

Jesus Christ is himself the sum and substance of the covenant, and as one of its gifts.
He is the property of every believer. Believer, can you estimate what you have received in Christ? “In him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.” Consider that word “God” and its infinity, and then meditate upon “perfect man” and all His beauty; for all that Christ, as God and man, ever had, or can have, is thine — out of pure free favor, passed over to thee to be thine entailed property forever.

Our blessed Jesus, as God, is omniscient, omnipresent, omnipotent. Will it not console you to know that all these great and glorious attributes are altogether yours? Has He power? That power is yours to support and strengthen you, to overcome your enemies, and to preserve you even to the end. Has He love? Well, there is not a drop of love in His heart which is not yours; you may dive into the immense ocean of His love, and you may say of it all, “It is mine.” Has He justice? It may seem a stern attribute, but even that is yours, for he will by his justice see to it that all which is promised to you in the covenant of grace shall be most certainly secured to you. And all that He has as perfect man is yours. As a perfect man the Father’s delight was upon him.

He stood accepted by the Most High. O believer, God’s acceptance of Christ is your acceptance; know you not that the love which the Father set on a perfect Christ, he sets on you now? For all that Christ did is yours. That perfect righteousness which Jesus wrought out, when through his stainless life he kept the law and made it honorable, is yours, and is imputed to you.
Christ is in the covenant.

“My God, I am thine—what a comfort divine!
What a blessing to know that the Savior is mine!
In the heavenly Lamb thrice happy I am,
And my heart it doth dance at the sound of his name.”

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