Charles Haddon Spurgeon's Morning Devotional For Thursday April 20, 2017 |
Morning Time: 9:03 AM PST
"That through death He might destroy him that had the power of death."
--Hebrews 2:14
O child of God, death hath lost its sting, because the devil's power over it
is destroyed. Then cease to fear dying. Ask grace from God the Holy Ghost, that
by an intimate knowledge and a firm belief of thy Redeemer's death, thou mayst
be strengthened for that dread hour. Living near the cross of Calvary thou mayst
think of death with pleasure, and welcome it when it comes with intense delight.
It is sweet to die in the Lord: it is a covenant-blessing to sleep in Jesus.
Death is no longer banishment, it is a return from exile, a going home to the
many mansions where the loved ones already dwell. The distance between glorified
spirits in heaven and militant saints on earth seems great; but it is not so. We
are not far from home--a moment will bring us there. The sail is spread; the
soul is launched upon the deep. How long will be its voyage? How many wearying
winds must beat upon the sail ere it shall be reefed in the port of peace? How
long shall that soul be tossed upon the waves before it comes to that sea which
knows no storm? Listen to the answer, "Absent from the body, present with the
Lord." Yon ship has just departed, but it is already at its haven. It did but
spread its sail and it was there. Like that ship of old, upon the Lake of
Galilee, a storm had tossed it, but Jesus said, "Peace, be still," and
immediately it came to land. Think not that a long period intervenes
between the instant of death and the eternity of glory. When the eyes close on
earth they open in heaven. The horses of fire are not an instant on the road.
Then, O child of God, what is there for thee to fear in death, seeing that
through the death of thy Lord its curse and sting are destroyed? and now it is
but a Jacob's ladder whose foot is in the dark grave, but its top reaches to
glory everlasting.
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