SALVATION IS A PRESENT BLESSING BROUGHT TO US ONLY BY JESUS. If we are in Christ we are saved. Our God has pardoned our sins, He has justified our persons, He has changed our natures and He has given us eternal life. We now receive the end of our faith, even the salvation of our souls. We are not perfectly delivered from all evils, foes, and fears yet; but then final deliverance is certain. We are not in the exact likeness of our Lord now, but we shall be when He appears, for we shall see Him as He is. Every believer is in a justified state, and as such we should walk with God, work for God, and suffer according to the will of God. Christ is ours, and all He has is ours. The promises are ours, and all they contain is ours. God is ours, and all He can do with us consistent with His perfections and government, He will do. It is this that strengthens us to labour, gives us courage in the conflict, casts out all slavish fear, and consecrates us entirely to the Lord. Let this then be the subject of meditation tonight, until we repose into the arms of sleep. God has saved me. He may not have given me health, or wealth, or a perfect home; but he has saved me, and saved me with an everlasting salvation, and that's sufficient for me.

For Meditation:
Saved in Christ from hell and death,
O may I seek the things above;
And evermore the spirit breathe
Of praise, contentment, and love.