Charles Haddon Spurgeon's Morning Devotional For Wednesday January 18, 2017 |
Morning Time: 2:25 AM PST
"There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God." --Hebrews 4:9
How different will be the state of the believer in heaven from what it is
here! Here he is born to toil and suffer weariness, but in the land of the
immortal, fatigue is never known. Anxious to serve his Master, he finds his
strength unequal to his zeal: his constant cry is, "Help me to serve Thee, O my
God." If he be thoroughly active, he will have much labour; not too much for his
will, but more than enough for his power, so that he will cry out, "I am not
wearied of the labour, but I am wearied in it." Ah! Christian, the
hot day of weariness lasts not for ever; the sun is nearing the horizon; it
shall rise again with a brighter day than thou hast ever seen upon a land where
they serve God day and night, and yet rest from their labours. Here, rest
is but partial, there, it is perfect. Here, the Christian
is always unsettled; he feels that he has not yet attained. There, all
are at rest; they have attained the summit of the mountain; they have ascended
to the bosom of their God. Higher they cannot go. Ah, toil-worn labourer, only
think when thou shalt rest for ever! Canst thou conceive it? It is a rest
eternal; a rest that "remaineth." Here, my best joys bear "mortal" on
their brow; my fair flowers fade; my dainty cups are drained to dregs; my
sweetest birds fall before Death's arrows; my most pleasant days are shadowed
into nights; and the flood-tides of my bliss subside into ebbs of sorrow; but
there, everything is immortal; the harp abides unrusted, the crown
unwithered, the eye undimmed, the voice unfaltering, the heart unwavering, and
the immortal being is wholly absorbed in infinite delight. Happy day! happy!
when mortality shall be swallowed up of life, and the Eternal Sabbath shall
begin.
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