Charles Haddon Spurgeon's Morning Devotional For Thursday February 25, 2021 |
Morning Time: 12:15 AM PST
"The wrath to come." --Matthew 3:7
It is pleasant to pass over a country after a storm has spent itself; to
smell the freshness of the herbs after the rain has passed away, and to note the
drops while they glisten like purest diamonds in the sunlight. That is the
position of a Christian. He is going through a land where the storm has spent
itself upon His Saviour's head, and if there be a few drops of sorrow falling,
they distil from clouds of mercy, and Jesus cheers him by the assurance that
they are not for his destruction. But how terrible is it to witness the approach
of a tempest: to note the forewarnings of the storm; to mark the birds of heaven
as they droop their wings; to see the cattle as they lay their heads low in
terror; to discern the face of the sky as it groweth black, and look to the sun
which shineth not, and the heavens which are angry and frowning! How terrible to
await the dread advance of a hurricane--such as occurs, sometimes, in the
tropics--to wait in terrible apprehension till the wind shall rush forth in
fury, tearing up trees from their roots, forcing rocks from their pedestals, and
hurling down all the dwelling-places of man! And yet, sinner, this is your
present position. No hot drops have as yet fallen, but a shower of fire is
coming. No terrible winds howl around you, but God's tempest is gathering its
dread artillery. As yet the water-floods are dammed up by mercy, but the
flood-gates shall soon be opened: the thunderbolts of God are yet in His
storehouse, but lo! the tempest hastens, and how awful shall that moment be when
God, robed in vengeance, shall march forth in fury! Where, where, where, O
sinner, wilt thou hide thy head, or whither wilt thou flee? O that the hand of
mercy may now lead you to Christ! He is freely set before you in the gospel: His
riven side is the rock of shelter. Thou knowest thy need of Him; believe in Him,
cast thyself upon Him, and then the fury shall be overpast for ever.
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