Finding Eternal Joy, Satisfaction & Ecstasy In Christ.
Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that i desire beside thee. Psalm 73:25. Thou wilt show me the path of life; in thy presence is fulness of joy and at thy righthand there are pleasures for evermore. Psalm 16:11. Inasmuch as the Lord is all that we have, He should also be all that we desire and find satisfaction in. It is not enough to know and profess that He is all that we have(whom have i in heaven and on earth but thee); we ought to also come to know & have Him as our only desire and satisfaction, such that we desire none beside Him and find no satisfaction in anyother but Him. Christ speaking in David declares in the sixteenth psalm: "Jehovah is my portion(my inheritance) and my cup:"(Psalm 16:5). What is the difference? My portion is what belongs to me, -what is mine, whether or not I enjoy it. My cup is what I actually appropriate, drink, enjoy or make my own. With the Lord, indeed, His portion and His joy were one: Jehovah was the me