Charles Haddon Spurgeon's Morning Devotional For Wednesday May 5, 2021 |
Morning Time: 6:50 AM PST
"I will be their God, and they shall be my people." --2 Corinthians 6:16
What a sweet title: "My people!" What a cheering revelation: "Their God!" How
much of meaning is couched in those two words, "My people!" Here is
speciality. The whole world is God's; the heaven, even the heaven of
heavens is the Lord's, and He reigneth among the children of men; but of those
whom He hath chosen, whom He hath purchased to Himself, He saith what He saith
not of others--"My people" In this word there is the idea of
proprietorship. In a special manner the "Lord's portion is His people;
Jacob is the lot of His inheritance." All the nations upon earth are His; the
whole world is in His power; yet are His people, His chosen, more especially His
possession; for He has done more for them than others; He has bought them with
His blood; He has brought them nigh to Himself; He has set His great heart upon
them; He has loved them with an everlasting love, a love which many waters
cannot quench, and which the revolutions of time shall never suffice in the
least degree to diminish. Dear friends, can you, by faith, see yourselves in
that number? Can you look up to heaven and say, "My Lord and my God: mine by
that sweet relationship which entitles me to call Thee Father; mine by
that hallowed fellowship which I delight to hold with Thee when Thou art
pleased to manifest Thyself unto me as Thou dost not unto the world?" Canst thou
read the Book of Inspiration, and find there the indentures of thy salvation?
Canst thou read thy title writ in precious blood? Canst thou, by humble faith,
lay hold of Jesus' garments, and say, "My Christ"? If thou canst, then God saith
of thee, and of others like thee, "My people;" for, if God be your God, and
Christ your Christ, the Lord has a special, peculiar favour to you; you are the
object of His choice, accepted in His beloved Son.
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