Charles Haddon Spurgeon's Evening Devotional For Friday June 24, 2022 |
Evening Time: 2:05 PM PST
"Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, answered and said . . . Be it known unto
thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods." --Daniel 3:16, 18
The narrative of the manly courage and marvellous deliverance of the three
holy children, or rather champions, is well calculated to excite in the minds of
believers firmness and steadfastness in upholding the truth in the teeth of
tyranny and in the very jaws of death. Let young Christians especially learn
from their example, both in matters of faith in religion, and matters of
uprightness in business, never to sacrifice their consciences. Lose all rather
than lose your integrity, and when all else is gone, still hold fast a clear
conscience as the rarest jewel which can adorn the bosom of a mortal. Be not
guided by the will-o'-the-wisp of policy, but by the pole-star of divine
authority. Follow the right at all hazards. When you see no present advantage,
walk by faith and not by sight. Do God the honour to trust Him when it comes to
matters of loss for the sake of principle. See whether He will be your debtor!
See if He doth not even in this life prove His word that "Godliness, with
contentment, is great gain," and that they who "seek first the kingdom of God
and His righteousness, shall have all these things added unto them." Should it
happen that, in the providence of God, you are a loser by conscience, you shall
find that if the Lord pays you not back in the silver of earthly prosperity, He
will discharge His promise in the gold of spiritual joy. Remember that a man's
life consisteth not in the abundance of that which he possesseth. To wear a
guileless spirit, to have a heart void of offence, to have the favour and smile
of God, is greater riches than the mines of Ophir could yield, or the traffic of
Tyre could win. "Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox
and inward contention therewith." An ounce of heart's-ease is worth a ton of
gold.
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