Thou hast taught me

         that Christ has all fullness and

     so all plenitude of the Spirit,

   that all fullness I lack in myself is in him,

     for his people, not for himself alone,

    he having perfect knowledge, grace,

       righteousness,

     to make me see,

     to make me righteous,

     to give me fullness;

   that it is my duty, out of a sense of emptiness,

     to go to Christ, possess, enjoy his fullness

       as mine,

     as if I had it in myself, because it is

       for me in him;

     that when I do this I am full of the Spirit,

       as a fish that has got from the shore to the sea

       and has all fullness of waters to move in,

      for when faith fills me, then I am full;

   that this is the way to be filled with the Spirit,

     like Stephen, first faith, then fullness,

     for this way makes me most empty,

     and so most fit for the Spirit to fill.

Thou hast taught me that the finding of

     this treasure of all grace in the field of Christ

     begets strength, joy, glory,

     and renders all graces alive.

Help me to delight more in what I receive

    from Christ,

   more in that fullness which is in him,

     the fountain of all his glory.

Let me not think to receive the Spirit from him

      as a ‘thing’

   apart from finding, drinking, being filled

      with him.

To this end, O God,

   do thou establish me in Christ,

   settle me, give me a being there,

   assure me with certainty that all this is mine,

     for this only will fill my heart with joy

       and peace.