Charles Haddon Spurgeon's Evening Devotional For Sunday May 12, 2019 |
Evening Time: 8:20 PM PST
"Fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great
nation: I will go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely bring thee
up again." --Genesis 46:3,4
Jacob must have shuddered at the thought of leaving the land of his father's
sojourning, and dwelling among heathen strangers. It was a new scene, and
likely to be a trying one: who shall venture among couriers of a foreign
monarch without anxiety? Yet the way was evidently appointed for him, and
therefore he resolved to go. This is frequently the position of believers
now--they are called to perils and temptations altogether untried: at such
seasons let them imitate Jacob's example by offering sacrifices of prayer
unto God, and seeking His direction; let them not take a step until they have
waited upon the Lord for His blessing: then they will have Jacob's
companion to be their friend and helper. How blessed to feel assured that
the Lord is with us in all our ways, and condescends to go down into our
humiliations and banishments with us! Even beyond the ocean our Father's love
beams like the sun in its strength. We cannot hesitate to go where Jehovah
promises His presence; even the valley of deathshade grows bright with the
radiance of this assurance. Marching onwards with faith in their God, believers
shall have Jacob's promise. They shall be brought up again, whether it be
from the troubles of life or the chambers of death. Jacob's seed came out of
Egypt in due time, and so shall all the faithful pass unscathed through the
tribulation of life, and the terror of death. Let us exercise Jacob's
confidence. "Fear not," is the Lord's command and His divine encouragement
to those who at His bidding are launching upon new seas; the divine presence and
preservation forbid so much as one unbelieving fear. Without our God we should
fear to move; but when He bids us to, it would be dangerous to tarry. Reader, go
forward, and fear not.
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