Spurgeon Meditations

 

In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit.

Luk 10 21

The Saviour was "a man of sorrows but every thoughtful mind has discovered the fact that down deep in His innermost soul Hecarried an inexhaustible treasury of refined and heavenly joy.Of all the human race, there was never a man who had a deeper,purer, or more abiding peace than our Lord Jesus Christ. He was anointed with the oil of gladness above His fellows." His vast benevolence must from the very nature of things have afforded Him the deepest possible delight for benevolence is joy. There were a few remarkable seasons when this joy manifested itself. At that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee,O Father, Lord of heaven and earth. Christ had His songs though it was night with Him; though His face was marred and His countenance had lost the lustre of earthly happiness yet sometimes it was lit up with a matchless splendour of unparalleled satisfaction as He thought upon the recompense of the reward and in the midst of the congregation sang His praise unto God. In this the Lord Jesus is a blessed picture of His church on earth. At this hour the church expects to walk in sympathy with her Lord along a thorny road; through much tribulation she is forcing her way to the crown. To bear the cross is her office and to be scorned and counted an alien by her mother's children is her lot; and yet the church has a deep well of joy of which none can drink but her own children. There are stores of wine and oil and corn hidden in the midst of our Jerusalem upon which the saints of God are evermore sustained and nurtured; and sometimes as in our Saviour's case we have our seasons of intense delight for "There is a river the streams whereof shall make glad the city of our God." Exiles though we be we rejoice in our King; yea in Him we exceedingly rejoice while in His name we set up our banners.


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