Charles Haddon Spurgeon's Morning Devotional For Saturday August 11, 2018 |
Morning Time: 2:51 AM PST
"Oh that I were as in months past." --Job 29:2
Numbers of Christians can view the past with pleasure, but regard the present
with dissatisfaction; they look back upon the days which they have passed in
communing with the Lord as being the sweetest and the best they have ever known,
but as to the present, it is clad in a sable garb of gloom and dreariness. Once
they lived near to Jesus, but now they feel that they have wandered from Him,
and they say, "O that I were as in months past!" They complain that they have
lost their evidences, or that they have not present peace of mind, or that they
have no enjoyment in the means of grace, or that conscience is not so tender, or
that they have not so much zeal for God's glory. The causes of this mournful
state of things are manifold. It may arise through a comparative neglect of
prayer, for a neglected closet is the beginning of all spiritual decline. Or
it may be the result of idolatry. The heart has been occupied with
something else, more than with God; the affections have been set on the things
of earth, instead of the things of heaven. A jealous God will not be content
with a divided heart; He must be loved first and best. He will withdraw the
sunshine of His presence from a cold, wandering heart. Or the cause may be found
in self-confidence and self-righteousness. Pride is busy in the
heart, and self is exalted instead of lying low at the foot of the cross.
Christian, if you are not now as you "were in months past," do not rest
satisfied with wishing for a return of former happiness, but go at once
to seek your Master, and tell Him your sad state. Ask His grace and strength to
help you to walk more closely with Him; humble yourself before Him, and He will
lift you up, and give you yet again to enjoy the light of His countenance. Do
not sit down to sigh and lament; while the beloved Physician lives there is
hope, nay there is a certainty of recovery for the worst cases.
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