Charles Haddon Spurgeon's Evening Devotional For Saturday January 29, 2022 |
Evening Time: 4:56 PM PST
"The dove came in to him in the evening." --Genesis 8:11
Blessed be the Lord for another day of mercy, even though I am now weary with
its toils. Unto the preserver of men lift I my song of gratitude. The dove found
no rest out of the ark, and therefore returned to it; and my soul has learned
yet more fully than ever, this day, that there is no satisfaction to be found in
earthly things--God alone can give rest to my spirit. As to my business, my
possessions, my family, my attainments, these are all well enough in their way,
but they cannot fulfil the desires of my immortal nature. "Return unto thy rest,
O my soul, for the Lord hath dealt bountifully with thee." It was at the still
hour, when the gates of the day were closing, that with weary wing the dove came
back to the master: O Lord, enable me this evening thus to return to Jesus. She
could not endure to spend a night hovering over the restless waste, not can I
bear to be even for another hour away from Jesus, the rest of my heart, the home
of my spirit. She did not merely alight upon the roof of the ark, she "came in
to him;" even so would my longing spirit look into the secret of the Lord,
pierce to the interior of truth, enter into that which is within the veil, and
reach to my Beloved in very deed. To Jesus must I come: short of the nearest and
dearest intercourse with Him my panting spirit cannot stay. Blessed Lord Jesus,
be with me, reveal Thyself, and abide with me all night, so that when I awake I
may be still with thee. I note that the dove brought in her mouth an olive
branch plucked off, the memorial of the past day, and a prophecy of the future.
Have I no pleasing record to bring home? No pledge and earnest of lovingkindness
yet to come? Yes, my Lord, I present Thee my grateful acknowledgments for tender
mercies which have been new every morning and fresh every evening; and now, I
pray Thee, put forth Thy hand and take Thy dove into Thy bosom.
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