Let me have Jesus! – Thomas Brooks

“Christ is all that matters!” Colossians 3:11

So says the saved soul: “Why do you tell me of this and that outward comfort, when I cannot see the face of Him whom my soul loves? Why, honor is not my Christ; riches are not my Christ; the favor of the creature is not my Christ! Let me have Jesus and let the men of this world take the world, and divide it among themselves! I prize my Christ above all, I would enjoy my Christ above all other things in the world.

His presence will make up the absence of all other comforts.

His absence will darken and embitter all other comforts.

Christ is all and in all, to truly gracious souls.

We have all things in Christ.

Christ is all things to a Christian.

If we are sick, Jesus is a physician.

If we thirst, Jesus is a fountain.

If our sins trouble us, Jesus is our righteousness.

If we stand in need of help, Jesus is mighty to save.

If we fear death, Jesus is life.

If we are in darkness, Jesus is light.

If we are weak, Jesus is strength.

If we are in poverty, Jesus is plenty.

If we desire heaven, Jesus is the way.

The soul cannot say, ‘this I would have, and that I would have.’ But having Jesus, he has all he needs eminently, perfectly, eternally.

Luther said he had rather be in hell with Christ, than in heaven without Him.

‘None but Christ! none but Christ!‘ said Lambert the martyr, lifting up his hands and his flaming fingers!