The Disciple's Theme#
Although I am less than the least of all the Lord’s people, this grace was given me: to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable of Christ. (Ephesians 3:8)
Mark how the apostle Paul describes the divine good news —“the unsearchable riches of Christ!” It suggests the figure of a man standing, with uplifted hands, in a posture of great amazement, before continuous revelations of immeasurable and unspeakable glory.
In whatever way he turns, the splendor confronts him! It is not a single highway of enrichment. There are side-ways, byways, turnings here and there, labyrinthine paths and recesses, and all of them abounding in unsuspected jewels of grace.
It is as if a miner, working away at the primary vein of ore, should continually discover equally precious veins stretching out on every side, and overwhelming him in a wealth of joy.
It is as if a little child, gathering the wild sweet heather at the fringe of the road, should lift their eyes and catch sight of the purple glory of a boundless moor. “The unsearchable riches of Christ!”
This sense of amazement is never absent from a disciple's life, because his wonder grows by what it feeds on.
#Today's SoulSnack is sourced from J.H. Jowett, The Passion for Souls (London, Fleming H. Revell, 1903), page 9. It contains light SoulSupply edits