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"Thy love is better than wine." - Song of Solomon 1:2
Nothing gives the believer so much joy as fellowship with Christ. He has
enjoyment as others have in the common mercies of life, he can be glad both in
God's gifts and God's works; but in all these separately, yea, and in all of
them added together, he doth not find such substantial delight as in the
matchless person of his Lord Jesus. He has wine which no vineyard on earth ever
yielded; he has bread which all the corn-fields of Egypt could never bring
forth. Where can such sweetness be found as we have tasted in communion with our
Beloved? In our esteem, the joys of earth are little better than husks for swine
compared with Jesus, the heavenly manna. We would rather have one mouthful of
Christ's love, and a sip of his fellowship, than a whole world full of carnal
delights. What is the chaff to the wheat? What is the sparkling paste to the
true diamond? What is a dream to the glorious reality? What is time's mirth, in
its best trim, compared to our Lord Jesus in his most despised estate? If you
know anything of the inner life, you will confess that our highest, purest, and
most enduring joys must be the fruit of the tree of life which is in the midst
of the Paradise of God. No spring yields such sweet water as that well of God
which was digged with the soldier's spear. All earthly bliss is of the earth
earthy, but the comforts of Christ's presence are like himself, heavenly. We can
review our communion with Jesus, and find no regrets of emptiness therein; there
are no dregs in this wine, no dead flies in this ointment. The joy of the Lord
is solid and enduring. Vanity hath not looked upon it, but discretion and
prudence testify that it abideth the test of years, and is in time and in
eternity worthy to be called "the only true delight. " For nourishment,
consolation, exhilaration, and refreshment, no wine can rival the love of Jesus.
Let us drink to the full this evening.
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