The Sayer

"AFTER HE HAD FINISHED ALL HIS SAYINGS IN THE HEARING OF THE PEOPLE..." LUKE 7:1

Jesus is the eschatological Sayer. God sent many prophets and wise men to shepherd his people of old, but his final word to us is the Word, his own Son in the flesh.

We don't have pictures of Jesus, nor do we have relics of his physical presence. But the most holy of relics we do have: his words. His words move worlds. His sayings secure eternities, even as here he laid them as the foundation of all future hope (Luke 6:46-49). 

Is your mind rich with the words of Christ? Do you keep them near to your heart as a sachet of myrrh? The fragrance of Christ is upon us inasmuch as we prayerfully treasure his precious sayings, storing them up and marinating our souls in them. They are the sayings of eternal life.

A wiser than Solomon is here, making us glad in hearing his sweet speech.