The substance of our spiritual life,  Real Southern Woman
Channel: REAL SOUTHERN WOMAN, COLLARD VALLEY COOK
Date: 10/08/2021

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Charles Haddon Spurgeon :: Morning and Evening
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August 10th — Morning Reading
"Christ, who is our life." — Colossians 3:4

Paul's marvelously rich expression indicates that Christ is the source of our life. 

"You have He made alive who were dead in trespasses and sins." 

That same voice which brought Lazarus out of the tomb raised the believer to newness of life. 

He is now the substance of our spiritual life. It is by His life that we live; He is in us, the hope of glory, the spring of our actions, the central thought which moves every other thought. 

Christ is the nourishment of our life. What can the Christian feed upon but Jesus' flesh and blood? 

"This is the bread which comes down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die." 

O wayworn pilgrims in this wilderness of sin, you never get a morsel to satisfy the hunger of your spirits, except ye find it in Him! Christ is the comfort of our life. 

All our true joys come from Him; and in times of trouble, His presence is our support. There is nothing worth living for but Him; and His lovingkindness is better than life! 

Christ is the object of our life. As speeds the ship towards the port, so the believer moves quickly towards the shelter of his Savior’s bosom. 

As flies the arrow to its goal, so flies the Christian towards the perfecting of his fellowship with Christ Jesus. 

As the soldier fights for his captain, and is crowned in his captain's victory, so the believer battles for Christ, and gets his triumph out of the triumphs of his Master. 

"For him to live is Christ." Christ is the model of our life.

Where there is the model life within, there will and must be, the same model without; and if we live in near fellowship with the Lord Jesus we shall grow like Him. We shall set Him before us as our Divine copy, and we shall seek to tread in His footsteps, until He shall become the crown of our life in glory. 

Oh! how safe, how honored, how happy is the Christian, since Christ is our life!
Edited by Tammy Nichols on 08/10/21 for easy reading.