Charles Haddon Spurgeon's Morning Devotional For Tuesday August 13, 2019 |
Morning Time: 3:07 AM PST
"The cedars of Lebanon which He hath planted." --Psalm 104:16
Lebanon's cedars are emblematic of the Christian, in that they owe their
planting entirely to the Lord. This is quite true of every child of God. He
is not man-planted, nor self-planted, but God-planted. The mysterious hand of
the divine Spirit dropped the living seed into a heart which He had Himself
prepared for its reception. Every true heir of heaven owns the great Husbandman
as his planter. Moreover, the cedars of Lebanon are not dependent upon man
for their watering; they stand on the lofty rock, unmoistened by human
irrigation; and yet our heavenly Father supplieth them. Thus it is with the
Christian who has learned to live by faith. He is independent of man, even in
temporal things; for his continued maintenance he looks to the Lord his God, and
to Him alone. The dew of heaven is his portion, and the God of heaven is his
fountain. Again, the cedars of Lebanon are not protected by any mortal
power. They owe nothing to man for their preservation from stormy wind and
tempest. They are God's trees, kept and preserved by Him, and by Him alone. It
is precisely the same with the Christian. He is not a hot-house plant, sheltered
from temptation; he stands in the most exposed position; he has no shelter, no
protection, except this, that the broad wings of the eternal God always cover
the cedars which He Himself has planted. Like cedars, believers are full of
sap having vitality enough to be ever green, even amid winter's snows.
Lastly, the flourishing and majestic condition of the cedar is to the praise
of God only. The Lord, even the Lord alone hath been everything unto the
cedars, and, therefore David very sweetly puts it in one of the psalms, "Praise
ye the Lord, fruitful trees and all cedars." In the believer there is nothing
that can magnify man; he is planted, nourished, and protected by the Lord's own
hand, and to Him let all the glory be ascribed.
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