My Redeemer Lives!

Last updated on: April 22, 2016 at 6:33 am by Chelsea Patterson

My Redeemer Lives! 2016-04-22T06:33:35-05:00 Chelsea Patterson

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Charles Spurgeon’s meditation on April 21st was such a sweet reminder of the intimacy of our Savior! The last line was my favorite!! “A living Redeemer, truly mine, is unspeakable joy!” Hope it’s an encouragement to your soul!

I know that my Redeemer lives.

The essence of Job’s comfort lies in the little word “my” – “my Redeemer” – and in the fact that the Redeemer lives. Oh, to get hold of a living Christ. We must get a share in Him before we can enjoy Him. What is gold to me while it is still in the mine? It is gold in my possession that will satisfy my necessities by purchasing the things I need. So, a Redeemer who does not redeem me, an avenger who will never stand up for my blood, what benefit is therein that? Do not rest content until by faith you can say, “Yes, I cast myself upon my living Lord; and He is mine.” You may hold Him with a feeble hand and half think it presumption to say, “He lives as my Redeemer.” But remember, if you have faith even as a grain of mustard seed, that little faith entitles you to say it. But there is also another word here, which expresses Job’s strong confidence, “I know.” To say, “I hope so, I trust so” is comfortable, and there are thousands in the fold of Jesus who hardly ever get much further. But to reach the essence of consolation you must say, “I know.” Ifs, buts, and maybes are sure destroyers of peace and comfort. Doubts are dreary things in times of sorrow. Like wasps they sting the sou! If I have any suspicion that Christ is not mine, then there is vinegar mingled with the gall of death. But if I know that Jesus lives for me, then darkness is not dark; even the night is light about me. Surely if Job, in those ages before the coming of christ, could say, “I know” we should not speak less positively. God forbid that our positiveness should be presumption. let us make sure that our evidences are right, in case we build upon an ungrounded hope; and then let us not be satisfied with the mere foundation, for it is from the upstairs rooms that we get the panoramic views. A living Redeemer, truly mine, is unspeakable joy!

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