Christ is like a river that is continually flowing. There are always fresh supplies of water coming from the fountain-head, so that a man may live by it and be supplied with water all his life. So Christ is an everflowing fountain; he is continually supplying his people and the fountain is not spent. They who live upon Christ may have fresh supplies from him for all eternity; they may have an increase of blessedness that is new, and new still, and which will never come to an end.
The above excerpt from Jonathan Edwards is refreshing. Christ is indeed like a fountain. He is bursting forth right now in my heart as I read this. Yes, I do have a debt that dangles over my head due to college. And I find it difficult to let my whims survive and that often makes it easy for me to complain. After all, I have expensive tastes - books are not cheap! But I realize that what I really need, I have. And all I need is Christ. I have Him. He has me. Spurgeon put it best, "I have a great need for Christ; I have a great Christ for my need."
After reading what Edwards has to say I realize that the fresh-water supplies that issue freely and constantly from the fountain-head that is Christ are all I need. Everything else, even if it were something serious (not like the ridiculous debt or my even more ridiculous caprices), does not match to the great satisfaction I find in having Christ. I am His, and He is mine. This is a wonderful sense of possession, comparable only to Solomon and his bride. He was hers, and she was his. So it is with my Christ. Let me say that again, my Christ. I can claim Him as my own. He loves me. I am so grateful for Edwards and what he had to write. But I am even more grateful to Christ and the love He has penned in my heart.
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