Human companions are often absent from us at the time when we
most require their presence; in the day of sickness, or the hour of trial. But
the Companion of companions has said, "Do not be afraid, for I have ransomed
you. I have called you by name; you are mine! When you go through deep waters, I
will be with you. When you go through rivers of difficulty, you will not drown.
When you walk through the fire of oppression, you will not be burned up; the
flames will not consume you. For I am the LORD, your God, the Holy One of
Israel, your Savior!" (Isaiah 43:1-3.)
Human companions cannot accompany us when we leave the world.
But one has said of the great Companion, "Yes, though I walk through the valley
of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil for You are with me; Your rod and
Your staff, they comfort me." (Psalm 23:4.) Oh Believer, is there any moment when
you may not rely on the presence of your faithful Friend?
Human companionship has its limits in the degree of
nearness, to which one heart can draw near to another. There are bounds, which
no human fellowship can pass. Community of thought and feeling must stop
somewhere. You cannot possibly make two hearts, one heart; nor two minds, one
mind. The fondest earthly companions must still be separate in their existence
you cannot make two human persons, one. How different it is with the
companionship of Jesus!
Jesus moves in the inner man of the heart. He is at home
there. It is His habitation. He is one with the renewed soul, which is of the
very essence of the divine nature. Believers are the temples of the Holy Spirit
their new heart is one with the Spirit. The Spirit is one with Christ, and
Christ is one with the spirit. How, then, can the saints fail to be one with
Christ in all holy companionship!
No man can be born a companion to another, for
companionship is a thing of the heart. But every child of God is, at the time of
his conversion, born a companion of Jesus. It cannot be otherwise, for he is
born one with Christ, his new heart being a very portion of the heart of Jesus, his new mind a portion of the mind of Jesus. He is new-born into a community
of thought and purpose, of interest and home, a perfect community with Jesus.
Is not Jesus, then, the natural, the inevitable companion of the new-born
soul?
How sweet to feel the heart-and-soul-companionship of Jesus! To
feel that Christ and we are not twain, but one! To feel that our heart, and the
heart of Jesus are melted into one! Earthly companions cannot know each other's
minds, except they tell them. But Jesus moves in the very heart. Our very
springs of thought are deep laid in the companionship of Jesus. There is not a
spiritual perception that flits across the mind, but it is the common property,
as it is the joint sensation, of the great Companion of our hearts. The
companionship of Jesus and the saints is the sweet, and inevitable consequence
of their unity with each other.
Believer, may you not repose on the companionship of Jesus? May
you not be sure that He loves your company? The needle is not more surely drawn
to the magnet, than the heart of Jesus is to yours. He cannot do otherwise than
love to be with you; to be always with you, never to be absent
from you. There is a holy, a loving necessity, on the part of Jesus, to be ever
in your company. You are a very portion of Himself, how can He but flow to you?
You are of His very nature, how can he but assimilate with you? It were
violence to the heart of Jesus to be separated from you; to have this
companionship dissolved would be to undo the law of the kingdom, to subvert the
principle of the divine nature. Then, Christian reader, may you and I repose
upon Jesus as a faithful Companion!
[George Mylne]
Jeremiah 1:8 ... Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the Lord.
James 2:23 ... And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.
1 Corinthians 6:17 ... But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit. ❤
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Jeremiah 1:8 ... Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the Lord.
James 2:23 ... And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.
1 Corinthians 6:17 ... But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit. ❤
