Charles Haddon Spurgeon's Evening Devotional For Sunday June 28, 2020 |
Evening Time: 9:06 PM PST
"But Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods." --Exodus 7:12
This incident is an instructive emblem of the sure victory of the divine
handiwork over all opposition. Whenever a divine principle is cast into the
heart, though the devil may fashion a counterfeit, and produce swarms of
opponents, as sure as ever God is in the work, it will swallow up all its foes.
If God's grace takes possession of a man, the world's magicians may throw down
all their rods; and every rod may be as cunning and poisonous as a serpent, but
Aaron's rod will swallow up their rods. The sweet attractions of the cross will
woo and win the man's heart, and he who lived only for this deceitful earth will
now have an eye for the upper spheres, and a wing to mount into celestial
heights. When grace has won the day the worldling seeks the world to come. The
same fact is to be observed in the life of the believer. What multitudes of foes
has our faith had to meet! Our old sins--the devil threw them down before us,
and they turned to serpents. What hosts of them! Ah, but the cross of Jesus
destroys them all. Faith in Christ makes short work of all our sins. Then the
devil has launched forth another host of serpents in the form of worldly trials,
temptations, unbelief; but faith in Jesus is more than a match for them, and
overcomes them all. The same absorbing principle shines in the faithful service
of God! With an enthusiastic love for Jesus difficulties are surmounted,
sacrifices become pleasures, sufferings are honours. But if religion is thus a
consuming passion in the heart, then it follows that there are many persons who
profess religion but have it not; for what they have will not bear this test.
Examine yourself, my reader, on this point. Aaron's rod proved its
heaven-given power. Is your religion doing so? If Christ be anything He must be
everything. O rest not till love and faith in Jesus be the master passions of
your soul!
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