2 Timothy 2:1

Christ has grace without measure in himself, but he has not retained it for himself. As the reservoir empties itself into the pipes, so has Christ emptied out his grace for his people. Of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace. He seems to possess it only to dispense it to us.

He stands like the fountain, always flowing, but running only to supply the empty pitchers and the thirsty lips which draw near to it. Like a tree, he bears sweet fruit, not to hang on boughs, but to be gathered by those who need. Grace, whether its work is to pardon, to cleanse, to preserve, to strengthen, to enlighten, to quicken, or to restore, is always to be had from him freely and without price; nor is there one form of the work of grace which he has not bestowed upon his people.

As the blood of the body, though flowing from the heart, belongs equally to every member, so the influences of grace are the inheritance of every saint united to the Lamb; and in this there is a sweet communion between Christ and his Church, since they both receive the same grace.

Christ is the head upon whom the oil is first poured; but the same oil runs to the very skirts of the garments, so that the humblest saint has an unction of the same costly moisture as that which fell upon the head. This is true communion when the sap of grace flows from the stem to the branch, and when it is perceived that the stem itself is sustained by the very nourishment which feeds the branch.

As we day by day receive grace from Jesus, and more constantly recognize it as coming from him, we shall behold him in communion with us, and enjoy the felicity of communion with him. Let us make daily use of our riches, and always turn to him as to our own Lord in covenant, taking from him the supply of all we need with as much boldness as men take money from their own purse.