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Saturday, January 21, 2012

"And so all Israel shall be saved."

Romans 11:26.
WHEN Moses sang at the Red Sea, it was his joy to know that all Israel were safe. 
Not a drop of spray fell from that solid wall until the last of God's Israel had safely planted his foot on the other side the flood.

 That done, immediately the floods dissolved into their proper place again, but not till then.
 Part of that song was, "Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people which thou hast redeemed."

 In the last time, when the elect shall sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and of the Lamb, it shall be the boast of Jesus, "Of all whom thou hast given me, I have lost none." In heaven there shall not be a vacant throne.


"For all the chosen race
Shall meet around the throne,
Shall bless the conduct of His grace,
And make His glories known."

As many as God hath chosen, as many as Christ hath redeemed, as many as the Spirit hath called, as many as believe in Jesus, shall safely cross the dividing sea. We are not all safely landed yet:
"Part of the host have crossed the flood,
And part are crossing now."

The vanguard of the army has already reached the shore.
 We are marching through the depths; we are at this day following hard after our 
Leader into the heart of the sea.

 Let us be of good cheer: the rear-guard shall soon be where the vanguard already is; the last of the chosen ones shall soon have crossed the sea, and then shall be heard the song of triumph, 
when all are secure. 

But oh! if one were absent—oh! if one of His chosen family should be cast away—it would make an everlasting discord in the song of the redeemed, and cut the strings of the harps of paradise,
 so that music could never be extorted from them.
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Friday, January 20, 2012

"Abel was a keeper of sheep."

Genesis 4:2.
AS a shepherd Abel sanctified his work to the glory of God, and offered a sacrifice of blood upon his altar, and the Lord had respect unto Abel and his offering. 

This early type of our Lord is exceedingly clear and distinct. Like the first streak of light which tinges the east at sunrise, it does not reveal everything, but it clearly manifests the great fact that the sun is coming.

As we see Abel, a shepherd and yet a priest, offering a sacrifice of sweet smell unto God, we discern our Lord, who brings before His Father a sacrifice to which Jehovah ever hath respect. Abel was hated by his brother—hated without a cause; and even so was the Saviour: the natural and carnal man hated the accepted man in whom the Spirit of grace was found, and rested not until his blood had been shed.

 Abel fell, and sprinkled his altar and sacrifice with his own blood, and therein sets forth the Lord Jesus slain by the enmity of man while serving as a priest before the Lord. "The good Shepherd layeth down His life for the sheep."

Let us weep over Him as we view Him slain by the hatred of mankind, staining the horns of His altar with His own blood. Abel's blood speaketh.
 "The Lord said unto Cain, 'The voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto Me from the ground.'"
The blood of Jesus hath a mighty tongue, and the import of its prevailing cry is not vengeance but mercy.

It is precious beyond all preciousness to stand at the altar of our good Shepherd! to see Him bleeding there as the slaughtered priest, and then to hear His blood speaking peace to all His flock, peace in our conscience, peace between Jew and Gentile, peace between man and his offended Maker, peace all down the ages of eternity for blood-washed men. Abel is the first shepherd in order of time, but our hearts shall ever place Jesus first in order of excellence.

Thou great Keeper of the sheep, we the people of Thy pasture bless Thee
with our whole hearts when we see Thee slain for us.

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Thursday, January 19, 2012

"I sought him, but I found him not."

Song of Solomon 3:1.

TELL me where you lost the company of Christ, and I will tell you the most likely place to find Him.
 Have you lost Christ in the closet by restraining prayer?

Then it is there you must seek and find Him.
Did you lose Christ by sin?
You will find Christ in no other way but by the giving up of the sin, and seeking by the Holy Spirit to mortify the member in which the lust doth dwell.

 Did you lose Christ by neglecting the Scriptures?
You must find Christ in the Scriptures. It is a true proverb, "Look for a thing where you dropped it, it is there." So look for Christ where you lost Him, for He has not gone away.

But it is hard work to go back for Christ.
Bunyan tells us, the pilgrim found the piece of the road back to the Arbour of Ease, where he lost his roll, the hardest he had ever travelled.
Twenty miles onward is easier than to go one mile back for the lost evidence.

Take care, then, when you find your Master, to cling close to Him.
But how is it you have lost Him?
One would have thought you would never have parted with such a precious friend, whose presence is so sweet, whose words are so comforting, and whose company is so dear to you!

How is it that you did not watch Him every moment for fear of losing sight of Him?
Yet, since you have let Him go, what a mercy that you are seeking Him, even though you mournfully groan, "O that I knew where I might find Him!" Go on seeking, for it is dangerous to be without thy Lord.

Without Christ you are like a sheep without its shepherd; like a tree without water at its roots; like a sere leaf in the tempest—not bound to the tree of life.

With thine whole heart seek Him, and He will be found of thee: only give thyself thoroughly up to the search, and verily, thou shalt yet discover Him to thy joy and gladness.
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 Reflection and inspiration from the "Prince of Preachers," Charles Haddon Spurgeon. 
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Wednesday, January 18, 2012

"There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God."

Hebrews 4:9.
LAND OF IMMORTALS

HOW different will be the state of the believer in heaven from what it is here!
Here he is born to toil and suffer weariness, but in the land of the immortal, fatigue is never known.

Anxious to serve his Master, he finds his strength unequal to his zeal: his constant cry is,
"Help me to serve Thee, O my God." 

If he be thoroughly active, he will have much labour; not too much for his will, but more than enough for his power, so that he will cry out, "I am not wearied of the labour, but I am wearied in it."

 Ah! Christian, the hot day of weariness lasts not for ever; the sun is nearing the horizon; it shall rise again with a brighter day than thou hast ever seen upon a land where they serve God day and night, and yet rest from their labors.


Here, rest is but partial, there, it is perfect. Here, the Christian is always unsettled;
he feels that he has not yet attained.
There, all are at rest; they have attained the summit of the mountain; they have ascended to the bosom of their God. Higher they cannot go.

Ah, toil-worn labourer, only think when thou shalt rest for ever! Canst thou conceive it? It is a rest eternal; a rest that "remaineth."

Here, my best joys bear "mortal" on their brow; my fair flowers fade; my dainty cups are drained to dregs; my sweetest birds fall before Death's arrows; my most pleasant days are shadowed into nights; and the flood-tides of my bliss subside into ebbs of sorrow; but there, everything is immortal; the harp abides unrusted, the crown unwithered, the eye undimmed, the voice unfaltering, the heart unwavering, and the immortal being is wholly absorbed in infinite delight.

 Happy day! happy! when mortality shall be swallowed up of life, and the Eternal Sabbath shall begin.

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 Reflection and inspiration from the "Prince of Preachers," Charles Haddon Spurgeon. 
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Desire in Prayer


You have seen a dog after a long run; how he stands with opened mouth panting for life and breath. Oh, that we had desires after God and divine things strong enough to make us thus open our mouth and pant! We may never have seen a stag in extremes,
 but I dare say David had. 

He had seen it in the fierce hunt, when it longed to have its smoking sides in the water brooks and to drink long draughts, and he said, “As the hart panteth after the water-brooks, 
so panteth my soul after thee, O God.” 

Nothing puts such energy into prayer as intense anguish of desire. Desire comes out of a sense of want; and in proportion as the necessity is overwhelming, the fervency of the desire will be vehement. 
My brethren, we have not, because, although we ask, 
we use a kind of asking which is as though we asked not.

An old Puritan says, “He that prays to God without fervor asks to be denied.” There is a way of asking for a thing in which the person to whom the request is made finds it very easy to decline the request, but persons in dire necessity understand how to put the case, 
so that only a very hard-hearted person could say “no.” 

They know how to place their petition in such a way that the request wins, 
not merely because of the rightness of the petition,
 but also because of the very style in which it is put.

 We must learn how to pray with strong crying and tears, 
for there are mercies which cannot be gained by any other mode of supplicating. 

From a sermon by Charles Haddon Spurgeon entitled "Opening The Mouth."
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 Reflection and inspiration from the "Prince of Preachers," Charles Haddon Spurgeon. 
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Tuesday, January 17, 2012

And it came to pass in an evening-tide,

"And it came to pass in an evening-tide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house."—2 Samuel 11:2.
AT that hour David saw Bathsheba. We are never out of the reach of temptation.
Both at home and abroad we are liable to meet with allurements to evil; the morning opens with peril, and the shades of evening find us still in jeopardy.

They are well kept whom God keeps, but woe unto those who go forth into the world, or even dare to walk their own house unarmed. Those who think themselves secure are more exposed to danger than any others. The armour-bearer of Sin is Self-confidence.

David should have been engaged in fighting the Lord's battles, instead of which he tarried at Jerusalem, and gave himself up to luxurious repose, for he arose from his bed at eventide. Idleness and luxury are the devil's jackals, and find him abundant prey. In stagnant waters noxious creatures swarm, and neglected soil soon yields a dense tangle of weeds and briars.

Oh for the constraining love of Jesus to keep us active and useful! When I see the King of Israel sluggishly leaving his couch at the close of the day, and falling at once into temptation, let me take warning, and set holy watchfulness to guard the door.

Is it possible that the king had mounted his housetop for retirement and devotion? If so, what a caution is given us to count no place, however secret, a sanctuary from sin! While our hearts are so like a tinder-box, and sparks so plentiful, we had need use all diligence in all places to prevent a blaze.

 Satan can climb housetops, and enter closets, and even if we could shut out that foul fiend, our own corruptions are enough to work our ruin unless grace prevent. Reader, beware of evening temptations.

Be not secure.
The sun is down but sin is up.
We need a watchman for the night as well as a guardian for the day.

 O blessed Spirit, keep us from all evil this night. Amen.

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 Reflection and inspiration from the "Prince of Preachers," Charles Haddon Spurgeon. 
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Monday, January 16, 2012

"I will help thee, saith the Lord."


Isaiah 41:14.
Let us hear the Lord Jesus speak to each one of us: "I will help thee."

 "It is but a small thing for Me, thy God, to help thee.

 Consider what I have done already. 

What! not help thee? Why, I bought thee with My blood. What! not help thee? I have died for thee; and if I have done the greater, will I not do the less? Help thee! It is the least thing I will ever do for thee; I have done more, and will do more. 


Before the world began I chose thee. I made the covenant for thee. I laid aside My glory and became a man for thee; I gave up My life for thee; and if I did all this, I will surely help thee now. In helping thee, I am giving thee what I have bought for thee already.

 If thou hadst need of a thousand times as much help, I would give it thee; thou requirest little compared with what I am ready to give. 'Tis much for thee to need, but it is nothing for me to bestow. 'Help thee?' Fear not! If there were an ant at the door of thy granary asking for help, it would not ruin thee to give him a handful of thy wheat; and thou art nothing but a tiny insect at the door of My all-sufficiency. 'I will help thee.'"

O my soul, is not this enough? Dost thou need more strength than the omnipotence of the United Trinity? Dost thou want more wisdom than exists in the Father, more love than displays itself in the Son, or more power than is manifest in the influences of the Spirit? Bring hither thine empty pitcher! Surely this well will fill it. Haste, gather up thy wants, 
and bring them here—thine emptiness, thy woes, thy needs. 

Behold, this river of God is full for thy supply; what canst thou desire beside?
 Go forth, my soul, in this thy might. 
The Eternal God is thine helper!

"Fear not, I am with thee, oh, be not dismay'd!
I, I am thy God, and will still give thee aid."

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 Reflection and inspiration from the "Prince of Preachers," Charles Haddon Spurgeon. 
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Sunday, January 15, 2012

"Do as thou hast said."

—2 Samuel 7:25.

GOD'S promises were never meant to be thrown aside as waste paper; He intended that they should be used. God's gold is not miser's money, but is minted to be traded with. Nothing pleases our Lord better than to see His promises put in circulation; He loves to see His children bring them up to Him, and say, "Lord, do as Thou hast said."

We glorify God when we plead His promises. Do you think that God will be any the poorer for giving you the riches He has promised? Do you dream that He will be any the less holy for giving holiness to you? Do you imagine He will be any the less pure for washing you from your sins? He has said "Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool."

Faith lays hold upon the promise of pardon, and it does not delay, saying, "This is a precious promise, I wonder if it be true?" but it goes straight to the throne with it, and pleads, "Lord, here is the promise, 'Do as Thou hast said.'" Our Lord replies, "Be it unto thee even as thou wilt."

When a Christian grasps a promise, if he do not take it to God, he dishonours Him; but when he hastens to the throne of grace, and cries, "Lord, I have nothing to recommend me but this, 'Thou hast said it;'" then his desire shall be granted.

Our heavenly Banker delights to cash His own notes. Never let the promise rust. Draw the word of promise out of its scabbard, and use it with holy violence. Think not that God will be troubled by your importunately reminding Him of His promises. He loves to hear the loud outcries of needy souls.

 It is His delight to bestow favours. He is more ready to hear than you are to ask.
The sun is not weary of shining, nor the fountain of flowing.
It is God's nature to keep His promises; therefore go at once to the throne with "Do as Thou hast said."


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 Reflection and inspiration from the "Prince of Preachers," Charles Haddon Spurgeon. 
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