Fellowship With a Risen Christ

“But surely I count also all things to be loss on account of the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord…to know Him, and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings” (Phil 3:8,10).

How sweet is fellowship with a risen Christ, and why is it that we know so little of it? Because we are occupied with our own things, we indulge ourselves, and we have the eye turned upon self and its actions. The result is a dimmed spiritual vision. When this happens, we must devote time to the business of self-judgment that might have been spent on holy and happy fellowship with Him.

The moment the eye is turned off from Christ, darkness sets in!

Only when the eye is simple will this not happen (Lk. 11:34), and what is a simple eye but one having Christ as its object. Words cannot convey the power and blessedness of having Jesus ever before the heart as an object!

When He stands before our hearts as our absorbing and satisfying object, we will have both peace and power—peace for the conscience and power over the affections.

When the conscience has sweet repose in the blood, the affections can fnd their full play around the Person of Jesus. Then, as we continue to gaze upon Him through the power of the Holy Spirit, His image will appear in our lives practically.

Remember, the appearance of Christ in our lives is the only true Christianity! There is plenty of religion in the world, but alas, how little true Christianity! Why is this? Simply because Christ is not known, not loved, sought only for salvation. As we occupy ourselves with the world’s pleasures, its politics, or its religion, we become weak and low spiritually—these things certainly are not Christ!

C.H.M.