O Beloved,... GOD With ALL HIS Unsearchable Riches, Is Our Portion!

My portion!

(James Smith, "Gleams of Grace" 1860)

"YOU are my portion, O LORD!" 
Psalm 119:57

Many people are proud of their possessions, 

and boast of their wealth; yet their possessions 

are very limited, and their wealth has wings 

and may at any time flee away!

A Christian may not be proud--

but he has great reason to be thankful.

He can look over the whole earth, 

and say, "My wealth exceeds all this!"

He can look up and gaze on the starry 

heavens and say, "My property 

exceeds this vast expanse!" 

He may try to conceive of the greatness 

and glory of the created universe, and 

then say, "I claim more than all this!"

Looking up to the author, owner, 

and disposer of all worlds--

he can say, 

"YOU are my portion, O LORD!" 

What a privilege! A portion--
and such a portion.

GOD HIMSELF in all HIS
greatness, and in all HIS goodness.

GOD with all HE is, and all HE has--
is my portion! 

What kind of a portion is this?
It is immense, for it comprehends all.

All the attributes of the Divine
nature, are for us.

All the perfections of GOD'S
character, are on our side.

All the productions of the divine
power, are for our good.

Therefore the apostle says,
"All things are yours!"

Nothing good is withheld from us!

What the father of the prodigal 

said to his eldest son--

our heavenly FATHER says 

to every one of HIS children, 

"Son, you are ever with ME, 
and all that I have is yours!"

(Luke 15:31)

And we may adopt similar language 

in speaking to our heavenly FATHER, 

to that used by the angel to Abraham, 

"By this I know that You love ME, 

because You have not withheld 

Your Son, Your only Son from ME!" 

(Genesis 22:12) 

And from this fact, we may draw 

the same conclusion as Paul did, 

"HE who spared not HIS own SON--
but delivered HIM up for us all, how 
shall he not with HIM also, freely 
give us all things!" (Romans 8:32)

O beloved, GOD in all the glory 
of HIS nature and perfections, GOD 
with all HIS unsearchable riches--
is our portion! 

What kind of a portion is this?
It is immutable. It remains forever.
Others may lose their property,
or it may become deteriorated
and comparatively valueless--
but our portion is forever the same.

Speaking of the finest, noblest, and 

most durable works of creation, 

the Psalmist says, 

"In the beginning YOU laid the foundations 
of the earth, and the heavens are the work 
of YOUR hands. They will perish, but YOU 
remain the same; they will all wear out 
like a garment. Like clothing YOU will 
change them, and they will be discarded. 
But YOU remain the same, and YOUR 
years will never end!" Psalm 102:25-27

Our portion can never be forfeited,
or alienated, or reduced in value--
because it is the unchangeable GOD!

Blessed is the man that can 

say with Jeremiah, 

"The LORD is my portion, therefore 
will I hope in HIM!"  (Lamentations 3:24)

Or with David, 

"The LORD is the portion of my inheritance!"
(Psalm 16:5)

"My flesh and my heart may fail, but GOD 
is the strength of my heart and my portion 
forever!" Psalm 73:26

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