Charles Haddon Spurgeon's Evening Devotional For Thursday July 20, 2017 |
Evening Time: 7:32 PM PST
"And now what hast thou to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of
Sihor?" --Jeremiah 2:18
By sundry miracles, by divers mercies, by strange deliverances Jehovah had
proved Himself to be worthy of Israel's trust. Yet they broke down the hedges
with which God had enclosed them as a sacred garden; they forsook their own true
and living God, and followed after false gods. Constantly did the Lord reprove
them for this infatuation, and our text contains one instance of God's
expostulating with them, "What hast thou to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the
waters of the muddy river?"--for so it may be translated. "Why dost thou wander
afar and leave thine own cool stream from Lebanon? Why dost thou forsake
Jerusalem to turn aside to Noph and to Tahapanes? Why art thou so strangely set
on mischief, that thou canst not be content with the good and healthful, but
wouldst follow after that which is evil and deceitful?" Is there not here a word
of expostulation and warning to the Christian? O true believer, called by grace
and washed in the precious blood of Jesus, thou hast tasted of better drink than
the muddy river of this world's pleasure can give thee; thou hast had fellowship
with Christ; thou hast obtained the joy of seeing Jesus, and leaning thine head
upon His bosom. Do the trifles, the songs, the honours, the merriment of this
earth content thee after that? Hast thou eaten the bread of angels, and canst
thou live on husks? Good Rutherford once said, "I have tasted of Christ's own
manna, and it hath put my mouth out of taste for the brown bread of this world's
joys." Methinks it should be so with thee. If thou art wandering after the
waters of Egypt, O return quickly to the one living fountain: the waters of
Sihor may be sweet to the Egyptians, but they will prove only bitterness to
thee. What hast thou to do with them? Jesus asks thee this question this
evening--what wilt thou answer Him?
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