Charles Haddon Spurgeon's Morning Devotional For Saturday May 1, 2021 |
Morning Time: 8:43 AM PST
"His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers." --Song of Solomon 5:13
Lo, the flowery month is come! March winds and April showers have done their
work, and the earth is all bedecked with beauty. Come my soul, put on thine
holiday attire and go forth to gather garlands of heavenly thoughts. Thou
knowest whither to betake thyself, for to thee "the beds of spices" are well
known, and thou hast so often smelt the perfume of "the sweet flowers," that
thou wilt go at once to thy well-beloved and find all loveliness, all joy in
Him. That cheek once so rudely smitten with a rod, oft bedewed with tears of
sympathy and then defiled with spittle--that cheek as it smiles with mercy is as
fragrant aromatic to my heart. Thou didst not hide Thy face from shame and
spitting, O Lord Jesus, and therefore I will find my dearest delight in praising
Thee. Those cheeks were furrowed by the plough of grief, and crimsoned with red
lines of blood from Thy thorn-crowned temples; such marks of love unbounded
cannot but charm my soul far more than "pillars of perfume." If I may not see
the whole of His face I would behold His cheeks, for the least glimpse of Him is
exceedingly refreshing to my spiritual sense and yields a variety of delights.
In Jesus I find not only fragrance, but a bed of spices; not one flower, but all
manner of sweet flowers. He is to me my rose and my lily, my heart's- ease and
my cluster of camphire. When He is with me it is May all the year round, and my
soul goes forth to wash her happy face in the morning-dew of His grace, and to
solace herself with the singing of the birds of His promises. Precious Lord
Jesus, let me in very deed know the blessedness which dwells in abiding,
unbroken fellowship with Thee. I am a poor worthless one, whose cheek Thou hast
deigned to kiss! O let me kiss Thee in return with the kisses of my lips.
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