Charles Haddon Spurgeon's Evening Devotional For Thursday March 22, 2012 |
Evening Time: 5:21 PM PST
"Father, I will that they also, whom Thou hast given Me, be with Me where I
am." --John 17:24
O death! why dost thou touch the tree beneath whose spreading branches
weariness hath rest? Why dost thou snatch away the excellent of the earth, in
whom is all our delight? If thou must use thine axe, use it upon the trees which
yield no fruit; thou mightest be thanked then. But why wilt thou fell the goodly
cedars of Lebanon? O stay thine axe, and spare the righteous. But no, it must
not be; death smites the goodliest of our friends; the most generous, the most
prayerful, the most holy, the most devoted must die. And why? It is through
Jesus' prevailing prayer--"Father, I will that they also, whom Thou hast given
Me, be with Me where I am." It is that which bears them on eagle's wings
to heaven. Every time a believer mounts from this earth to paradise, it is an
answer to Christ's prayer. A good old divine remarks, "Many times Jesus and His
people pull against one another in prayer. You bend your knee in prayer and say
'Father, I will that Thy saints be with me where I am'; Christ says,
'Father, I will that they also, whom Thou hast given Me, be with Me where I
am.'" Thus the disciple is at cross-purposes with his Lord. The soul cannot be
in both places: the beloved one cannot be with Christ and with you too. Now,
which pleader shall win the day? If you had your choice; if the King should step
from His throne, and say, "Here are two supplicants praying in opposition to one
another, which shall be answered?" Oh! I am sure, though it were agony, you
would start from your feet, and say, "Jesus, not my will, but Thine be done."
You would give up your prayer for your loved one's life, if you could realize
the thoughts that Christ is praying in the opposite direction--"Father, I will
that they also, whom Thou hast given Me, be with Me where I am." Lord, Thou
shalt have them. By faith we let them go.
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