“To me to live is Christ.”—PHIL. i. 21.
WE have studied the subject of a peaceful death-bed and I hope we learned
how to die. Let us now turn our thoughts to a peaceful life and
endeavour to learn how to live. The two things are bound fast together.
Let us study what St. Paul meant when he said, “To me to live is Christ.”
When there is any one object, for which, and in which, a person lives, it
is not an uncommon thing to say it is his life. To a certain extent this
explains the expression, “To me to live is Christ,” for the Lord Jesus
Christ was the one absorbing object of St. Paul’s whole life. He thought
of Him; he leaned on Him; he trusted in Him; he loved Him, and he lived
for Him. He could not do without Him. If we look at the subject more in
detail we find three things very clearly taught us in Scripture. Our
life is hidden _with_ Him, dependent _on_ Him, and devoted _to_ Him.