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What Is Christ To You?
An intimate friend of Lord Alfred Tennyson, British Poet Laureate, (August 6, 1809-October 6, 1892) was walking with him one day through the beautiful grounds and gardens of his estate. He was anxious to know, after all the beautiful things that the poet had written about Christ, how far he had a personal interest in the Savior. So he said: “What is the Lord Jesus to you?”
The poet carefully plucked a daisy from the lawn, and said, “All that the sun is to this flower, giving it life, strength, beauty and fragrance, the Lord Jesus is to me.”
What would you answer to a question like that? Would you be able to quote the words of the Old Testament bride: “Yea, He is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my Friend” (Song of Solomon 5:16). The Apostle Paul, said, “Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ” (Philippians 3:8). He also said, “Christ is all (everything)” (Colossians 3:11). Can you say that?
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