Charles Haddon Spurgeon's Evening Devotional For Saturday May 23, 2020 |
Evening Time: 1:24 PM PST
"Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money." --Isaiah 43:24
Worshippers at the temple were wont to bring presents of sweet perfumes to be
burned upon the altar of God: but Israel, in the time of her backsliding, became
ungenerous, and made but few votive offerings to her Lord: this was an evidence
of coldness of heart towards God and His house. Reader, does this never occur
with you? Might not the complaint of the text be occasionally, if not
frequently, brought against you? Those who are poor in pocket, if rich in faith,
will be accepted none the less because their gifts are small; but, poor reader,
do you give in fair proportion to the Lord, or is the widow's mite kept back
from the sacred treasury? The rich believer should be thankful for the talent
entrusted to him, but should not forget his large responsibility, for where much
is given much will be required; but, rich reader, are you mindful of your
obligations, and rendering to the Lord according to the benefit received? Jesus
gave His blood for us, what shall we give to Him? We are His, and all that we
have, for He has purchased us unto Himself --can we act as if we were our own? O
for more consecration! and to this end, O for more love! Blessed Jesus, how good
it is of Thee to accept our sweet cane bought with money! nothing is too costly
as a tribute to Thine unrivalled love, and yet Thou dost receive with favour the
smallest sincere token of affection! Thou dost receive our poor forget-me-nots
and love-tokens as though they were intrinsically precious, though indeed they
are but as the bunch of wild flowers which the child brings to its mother. Never
may we grow niggardly towards Thee, and from this hour never may we hear Thee
complain of us again for withholding the gifts of our love. We will give Thee
the first fruits of our increase, and pay Thee tithes of all, and then we will
confess "of Thine own have we given Thee."
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