Charles Haddon Spurgeon's Morning Devotional For Saturday February 20, 2021 |
Morning Time: 6:02 AM PST
"God, that comforteth those that are cast down." --2 Corinthians 7:6
And who comforteth like Him? Go to some poor, melancholy, distressed child of
God; tell him sweet promises, and whisper in his ear choice words of comfort; he
is like the deaf adder, he listens not to the voice of the charmer, charm he
never so wisely. He is drinking gall and wormwood, and comfort him as you may,
it will be only a note or two of mournful resignation that you will get from
him; you will bring forth no psalms of praise, no hallelujahs, no joyful
sonnets. But let God come to His child, let Him lift up his countenance,
and the mourner's eyes glisten with hope. Do you not hear him sing--
"'Tis paradise, if thou art here;
If thou depart, 'tis hell?"
You could not have cheered him: but the Lord has done it; "He is the
God of all comfort." There is no balm in Gilead, but there is balm in God. There
is no physician among the creatures, but the Creator is Jehovah-rophi. It is
marvellous how one sweet word of God will make whole songs for Christians. One
word of God is like a piece of gold, and the Christian is the goldbeater, and
can hammer that promise out for whole weeks. So, then, poor Christian, thou
needest not sit down in despair. Go to the Comforter, and ask Him to give thee
consolation. Thou art a poor dry well. You have heard it said, that when a pump
is dry, you must pour water down it first of all, and then you will get water,
and so, Christian, when thou art dry, go to God, ask Him to shed abroad His joy
in thy heart, and then thy joy shall be full. Do not go to earthly
acquaintances, for you will find them Job's comforters after all; but go first
and foremost to thy "God, that comforteth those that are cast down," and you
will soon say, "In the multitude of my thoughts within me Thy comforts delight
my soul."
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