Charles Haddon Spurgeon's Evening Devotional For Saturday March 5, 2022 |
Evening Time: 5:54 PM PST
"Say unto my soul, I am thy salvation." --Psalm 35:3
What does this sweet prayer teach me? It shall be my evening's petition; but
first let it yield me an instructive meditation. The text informs me first of
all that David had his doubts; for why should he pray, "Say unto my soul,
I am thy salvation," if he were not sometimes exercised with doubts and fears?
Let me, then, be of good cheer, for I am not the only saint who has to complain
of weakness of faith. If David doubted, I need not conclude that I am no
Christian because I have doubts. The text reminds me that David was not
content while he had doubts and fears, but he repaired at once to the
mercy-seat to pray for assurance; for he valued it as much fine gold. I too must
labour after an abiding sense of my acceptance in the Beloved, and must have no
joy when His love is not shed abroad in my soul. When my Bridegroom is gone from
me, my soul must and will fast. I learn also that David knew where to obtain
full assurance. He went to his God in prayer, crying, "Say unto my soul I am
thy salvation." I must be much alone with God if I would have a clear sense of
Jesus' love. Let my prayers cease, and my eye of faith will grow dim. Much in
prayer, much in heaven; slow in prayer, slow in progress. I notice that David
would not be satisfied unless his assurance had a divine source. "Say unto
my soul." Lord, do Thou say it ! Nothing short of a divine testimony in
the soul will ever content the true Christian. Moreover, David could not rest
unless his assurance had a vivid personality about it. "Say unto
my soul, I am thy salvation." Lord, if Thou shouldst say this to
all the saints, it were nothing, unless Thou shouldst say it to me. Lord, I have
sinned; I deserve not Thy smile; I scarcely dare to ask it; but oh! say to
my soul, even to my soul, "I am thy salvation." Let me have
a present, personal, infallible, indisputable sense that I am Thine, and that
Thou art mine.
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