Charles Haddon Spurgeon's Evening Devotional For Thursday November 7, 2019 |
Evening Time: 7:14 PM PST
"And ye shall be witnesses unto Me." --Acts 1:8
In order to learn how to discharge your duty as a witness for Christ, look at
His example. He is always witnessing: by the well of Samaria, or in the Temple
of Jerusalem: by the lake of Gennesaret, or on the mountain's brow. He is
witnessing night and day; His mighty prayers are as vocal to God as His daily
services. He witnesses under all circumstances; Scribes and Pharisees cannot
shut His mouth; even before Pilate He witnesses a good confession. He witnesses
so clearly, and distinctly that there is no mistake in Him. Christian, make your
life a clear testimony. Be you as the brook wherein you may see every stone at
the bottom--not as the muddy creek, of which you only see the surface--but clear
and transparent, so that your heart's love to God and man may be visible to all.
You need not say, "I am true:" be true. Boast not of integrity, but be upright.
So shall your testimony be such that men cannot help seeing it. Never, for fear
of feeble man, restrain your witness. Your lips have been warmed with a coal
from off the altar; let them speak as like heaven-touched lips should do. "In
the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand." Watch not
the clouds, consult not the wind--in season and out of season witness for the
Saviour, and if it shall come to pass that for Christ's sake and the gospel's
you shall endure suffering in any shape, shrink not, but rejoice in the honour
thus conferred upon you, that you are counted worthy to suffer with your Lord;
and joy also in this--that your sufferings, your losses, and persecutions shall
make you a platform, from which the more vigorously and with greater power you
shall witness for Christ Jesus. Study your great Exemplar, and be filled with
His Spirit. Remember that you need much teaching, much upholding, much grace,
and much humility, if your witnessing is to be to your Master's glory.
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