Days of Heaven Upon Earth

Devotional For

July 18

      "Ye are complete in Him" (Col. ii. 10).
      
      In Him we are now complete. The perfect pattern of the life of holy service for which He has redeemed and called us, is now in Him in heaven, even as the architect's model is planned and prepared and completed in his office.
      
      But now it must be wrought into us and transferred to our earthly life, and this is the Holy Spirit's work. He takes the gifts and graces of Christ and brings them into our life, as we need and receive them day by day, just as the sections of the vessel are reproduced in the distant Continent, and thus we receive of His fulness, even grace for grace, His grace for our grace, His supply for our need, His strength for our strength, His body for our body, His Spirit for our spirit, and He just "made unto us of God wisdom, righteousness, sanctification and redemption."
      
      But it is much more than mere abstract help and grace, much more even than the Holy Spirit bringing us strength, and peace, and purity.
      
      It is personal companionship with Jesus Himself!
      
      Lord, help us receive from Thee to-day, that grace in all trial that shall mean our perfecting in Thee.