Charles Haddon Spurgeon's Evening Devotional For Monday March 27, 2017 |
Evening Time: 6:50 PM PST
"And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from
their master's table." --Matthew 15:27
This woman gained comfort in her misery by thinking GREAT THOUGHTS OF CHRIST.
The Master had talked about the children's bread: "Now," argued she, "since Thou
art the Master of the table of grace, I know that Thou art a generous
housekeeper, and there is sure to be abundance of bread on Thy table; there will
be such an abundance for the children that there will be crumbs to throw on the
floor for the dogs, and the children will fare none the worse because the dogs
are fed." She thought Him one who kept so good a table that all that she needed
would only be a crumb in comparison; yet remember, what she wanted was to have
the devil cast out of her daughter. It was a very great thing to her, but she
had such a high esteem of Christ, that she said, "It is nothing to Him, it is
but a crumb for Christ to give." This is the royal road to comfort. Great
thoughts of your sin alone will drive you to despair; but great thoughts of
Christ will pilot you into the haven of peace. "My sins are many, but oh! it is
nothing to Jesus to take them all away. The weight of my guilt presses me down
as a giant's foot would crush a worm, but it is no more than a grain of dust to
Him, because He has already borne its curse in His own body on the tree. It will
be but a small thing for Him to give me full remission, although it will be an
infinite blessing for me to receive it." The woman opens her soul's mouth very
wide, expecting great things of Jesus, and He fills it with His love. Dear
reader, do the same. She confessed what Christ laid at her door, but she laid
fast hold upon Him, and drew arguments even out of His hard words; she believed
great things of Him, and she thus overcame Him. SHE WON THE VICTORY BY BELIEVING
IN HIM. Her case is an instance of prevailing faith; and if we would conquer
like her, we must imitate her tactics.
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