His soul. seems fully satisfied with the Lord's dealings and dispensations: he could ask no more: there was a perfect calm in his mind: he sings a sweet requiem, like David, when he said, "Return unto thy rest, O my soul, for the Lord hath dealt bountifully with thee. For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling. I will walk before the Lord in the land of the living." Psalm 116:7-9. Most precious resolution, awakened by such great bounties!
Come, christian, canst thou now say with the hoary-headed patriarch, "It is enough?" What could God have done for me, which he hath not done. Could the tidings sounded in the ears of Jacob, "Joseph is yet alive," cause a transport of joy too impetuous to be resisted! How should the blessed tidings, Jesus is yet alive, transport thy soul! Was Joseph governor over all the land of Egypt? The government is upon the shoulders of your Redeemer. Isaiah 9:6. All power in heaven and earth is committed to him. Matt. 28:18. He saith, "I am he that liveth, and was dead; and behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen: and have the keys of hell and of death." Rev. 1:18. Is not here cause for thee to cry out, "It is enough: I can desire no more. Surely this is sufficient to cause thy dejected spirit to revive.
Did Jacob believe when he saw the presents of his son? Did he say, "I will go and see him before I die?" O christian, is thy Saviour ascended into his kingdom! Has he "received gifts" for thee, and poured down love-tokens upon thee! Has he given thee repentance to turn to him, and faith to embrace him? What is thy language! It is enough: Jesus ever lives, eternally loves, incessantly prays. Then I shall surely see him–but not before I die: but I shall soon shake off this mortality, and sing victory in death. Then, O then I shall behold him eye to eye, and face to face. Then I shall say with the highest rapture of soul, "It is enough." Then death shall be swallowed up of life, and I shall cast down my crown before the Lamb. O then I shall eternally see him, "whom having not seen, I love: in whom, though now I see him not, yet believing, I rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory." 1 Peter 1:8. O, that in the same spirit with Paul I may ever say, "Doubtless I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord." Philippians, 3:8.