Charles Haddon Spurgeon's Morning Devotional For Tuesday March 24, 2020 |
Morning Time: 4:37 AM PST
"He was heard in that he feared." --Hebrews 5:7
Did this fear arise from the infernal suggestion that He was utterly
forsaken. There may be sterner trials than this, but surely it is one
of the worst to be utterly forsaken? "See," said Satan, "thou hast a friend
nowhere! Thy Father hath shut up the bowels of His compassion against thee. Not
an angel in His courts will stretch out his hand to help thee. All heaven is
alienated from Thee; Thou art left alone. See the companions with whom Thou hast
taken sweet counsel, what are they worth? Son of Mary, see there Thy brother
James, see there Thy loved disciple John, and Thy bold apostle Peter, how the
cowards sleep when Thou art in Thy sufferings! Lo! Thou hast no friend left in
heaven or earth. All hell is against Thee. I have stirred up mine infernal den.
I have sent my missives throughout all regions summoning every prince of
darkness to set upon Thee this night, and we will spare no arrows, we will use
all our infernal might to overwhelm Thee: and what wilt Thou do, Thou solitary
one?" It may be, this was the temptation; we think it was, because the
appearance of an angel unto Him strengthening Him removed that fear. He was
heard in that He feared; He was no more alone, but heaven was with Him. It may
be that this is the reason of His coming three times to His disciples--as Hart
puts it--
"Backwards and forwards thrice He ran,
As if He sought some help from man."
He would see for Himself whether it were really true that all men had
forsaken Him; He found them all asleep; but perhaps He gained some faint comfort
from the thought that they were sleeping, not from treachery, but from sorrow,
the spirit indeed was willing, but the flesh was weak. At any rate, He was heard
in that He feared. Jesus was heard in His deepest woe; my soul, thou shalt be
heard also.
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