"GOD ALSO HATH HIGHLY EXALTED HIM." Because our Lord humbled Himself, God has given Him a name which is above every name. This is God's purpose, which cannot be frustrated, that Christ shall be all. He is all in our justification and sanctification, for we are justified and sanctified only in His name. He is all in our preservation and glorification, for we are kept by His power, and enter heaven through His merits. He should be all in our pursuits, pleasures, hopes, motives, and aims. Many put their comforts in the place of Christ, and then God puts comfort out of their reach; others put their graces in the place of Christ, and then faith, hope, and love, are concealed by a cloud. There must be nothing between God and us, but Jesus; we must look only to Him - away from sin, from graces, from works, and expect to be accepted, blessed, and honoured only in the name and for the honour of Jesus. He is our conquering Saviour: by Him we overcome our foes; He is our plea, by which we prevail with God; our righteousness, by which we are justified; our peace, which comforts us in life and in death. Christ is all we want, or God can give. He is our sun and shield, our present joy and everlasting portion. He is our all on earth and He will be our all in heaven.

For Meditation:
Saviour! the knowledge of Thy love
Into my soul convey;
Thyself bestow! for Thee alone,
My all in all, I pray.