Charles Haddon Spurgeon's Evening Devotional For Wednesday August 8, 2018 |
Evening Time: 3:55 PM PST
"All things are possible to him that believeth." --Mark 9:23
Many professed Christians are always doubting and fearing, and they forlornly
think that this is the necessary state of believers. This is a mistake, for "all
things are possible to him that believeth"; and it is possible for us to mount
into a state in which a doubt or a fear shall be but as a bird of passage
flitting across the soul, but never lingering there. When you read of the high
and sweet communions enjoyed by favoured saints, you sigh and murmur in the
chamber of your heart, "Alas! these are not for me." O climber, if thou hast but
faith, thou shalt yet stand upon the sunny pinnacle of the temple, for "all
things are possible to him that believeth." You hear of exploits which holy men
have done for Jesus; what they have enjoyed of Him; how much they have been like
Him; how they have been able to endure great persecutions for His sake; and you
say, "Ah! as for me, I am but a worm; I can never attain to this." But there is
nothing which one saint was, that you may not be. There is no elevation of
grace, no attainment of spirituality, no clearness of assurance, no post of
duty, which is not open to you if you have but the power to believe. Lay aside
your sackcloth and ashes, and rise to the dignity of your true position; you are
little in Israel because you will be so, not because there is any necessity for
it. It is not meet that thou shouldst grovel in the dust, O child of a King.
Ascend! The golden throne of assurance is waiting for you! The crown of
communion with Jesus is ready to bedeck your brow. Wrap yourself in scarlet and
fine linen, and fare sumptuously every day; for if thou believest, thou mayst
eat the fat of kidneys of wheat; thy land shall flow with milk and honey, and
thy soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness. Gather golden sheaves of
grace, for they await thee in the fields of faith. "All things are possible to
him that believeth."
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