From J. C. Philpot's Daily Portions
December 10 "That they all may be one, as you, Father, are in me, and
I in you, that they also may be one in us--that the world may believe that
you have sent me." John 17:21 The Apostle declares, "He that is joined unto the Lord is
one spirit" (1 Cor. 6:17). If, then, we are joined to the Lord, in other
words, have a union with him, this is the closest of all unions. A man and
his wife are one flesh, but Jesus and the saint are one spirit. If possessed
of this we are one spirit with him; we understand what he says; we have the
mind of Christ; we love what he loves, and hate what he hates. But out of
this spiritual union, flows communion with him, communion with him,
communications from him, and the whole of that divine work upon the heart
whereby the two spirits become one. The Spirit of Christ in his glorious Person and the
Spirit of Christ in a believing heart meet together, and meeting together as
two drops of rain running down a pane of glass, or two drops of oil, kiss
into each other, and are no longer two but one. Now if you have been ever
blest with a manifestation of Christ, your spirit has melted into his, and
you have felt that sweet union and communion with him that you saw as with
his eyes, heard as with his ears, felt as with his heart, and spoke as with
his tongue.