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Daily Devotionals
John Gossner's Treasury
Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word; that they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us I in them, and thou in me, that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them. John 17:20-26. Christ in you, the hope of glory. Colossians 1:27.
Christ has founded an association and a communion the like of which is not to be found in heaven or on earth. The Father in Him, He in the Father and in us. We in Him, and in the Father? What does this mean? Who can explain it? Who can comprehend it? We are not supposed to comprehend it, because we cannot. But we should be in Christ and remain in Him, we are to receive, enjoy and hold fast all that He would be to us and in us. And what is that? All that He has and is, is ours, because He is wholly and completely ours. As no one can ascend up to heaven and measure its height, so no one can fathom the depth of this mystery. Do not trouble yourself about that. Only cast yourself therein with all that you have and are, and live there. But is this for all? Is it for you also? Yes, if you believe; for then He has acquired it for you by His intercessory prayers; then you are a member of this mystical union with Christ and the Father as well as Peter and John. For He prayed expressly for all who, through the word of the apostles, should believe in Him. If you believe, then you may have this union. If still you have nothing of it, if your heart be empty and without Christ, if you live without His blessed communion, then you do not believe; you have only the word ’’faith" in your mouth, but not the power of faith in your heart. He who believes, possess all that Christ has promised to faith, if not in complete fulness, yet at least in its beginnings. If we believe Him, we possess Him; if we do not possess Him, we do not believe Him.
Thou my faith increase and quicken.
Let me keep Thy gift divine,
Howsoever temptations thicken.
May Thy word still o’er me shine;
As my guiding star through life.
As my comfort in my strife.
