Charles Haddon Spurgeon's Morning Devotional For Thursday January 14, 2021 |
Morning Time: 6:50 AM PST
"Mighty to save." --Isaiah 63:1
By the words "to save" we understand the whole of the great work of
salvation, from the first holy desire onward to complete sanctification. The
words are multum in parro: indeed, here is all mercy in one word. Christ
is not only "mighty to save" those who repent, but He is able to make men
repent. He will carry those to heaven who believe; but He is, moreover, mighty
to give men new hearts and to work faith in them. He is mighty to make the man
who hates holiness love it, and to constrain the despiser of His name to bend
the knee before Him. Nay, this is not all the meaning, for the divine power is
equally seen in the after-work. The life of a believer is a series of miracles
wrought by "the Mighty God." The bush burns, but is not consumed. He is mighty
to keep His people holy after He has made them so, and to preserve them in his
fear and love until he consummates their spiritual existence in heaven. Christ's
might doth not lie in making a believer and then leaving him to shift for
himself; but He who begins the good work carries it on; He who imparts the first
germ of life in the dead soul, prolongs the divine existence, and strengthens it
until it bursts asunder every bond of sin, and the soul leaps from earth,
perfected in glory. Believer, here is encouragement. Art thou praying for some
beloved one? Oh, give not up thy prayers, for Christ is "mighty to save." You
are powerless to reclaim the rebel, but your Lord is Almighty. Lay hold on that
mighty arm, and rouse it to put forth its strength. Does your own case trouble
you? Fear not, for His strength is sufficient for you. Whether to begin with
others, or to carry on the work in you, Jesus is "mighty to save;" the best
proof of which lies in the fact that He has saved you. What a thousand
mercies that you have not found Him mighty to destroy!
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