Charles Haddon Spurgeon's Evening Devotional For Monday March 7, 2022 |
Evening Time: 4:04 PM PST
"lt is better to trust in the Lord, than to put confidence in man." --Psalm
118:8
Doubtless the reader has been tried with the temptation to rely upon the
things which are seen, instead of resting alone upon the invisible God.
Christians often look to man for help and counsel, and mar the noble simplicity
of their reliance upon their God. Does this evening's portion meet the eye of a
child of God anxious about temporals, then would we reason with him awhile. You
trust in Jesus, and only in Jesus, for your salvation, then why are you
troubled? "Because of my great care." Is it not written, "Cast thy burden
upon the Lord"? "Be careful for nothing, but in everything by prayer and
supplication make known your wants unto God." Cannot you trust God for
temporals? "Ah! I wish I could." If you cannot trust God for temporals,
how dare you trust Him for spirituals? Can you trust Him for your soul's
redemption, and not rely upon Him for a few lesser mercies? Is not God enough
for thy need, or is His all-sufficiency too narrow for thy wants? Dost thou want
another eye beside that of Him who sees every secret thing? Is His heart faint?
Is His arm weary? If so, seek another God; but if He be infinite, omnipotent,
faithful, true, and all-wise, why gaddest thou abroad so much to seek another
confidence? Why dost thou rake the earth to find another foundation, when this
is strong enough to bear all the weight which thou canst ever build thereon?
Christian, mix not only thy wine with water, do not alloy thy gold of faith with
the dross of human confidence. Wait thou only upon God, and let thine
expectation be from Him. Covet not Jonah's gourd, but rest in Jonah's God. Let
the sandy foundations of terrestrial trust be the choice of fools, but do thou,
like one who foresees the storm, build for thyself an abiding place upon the
Rock of Ages.
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