Charles Haddon Spurgeon's Morning Devotional For Wednesday July 19, 2017 |
Morning Time: 10:17 AM PST
"The Lord our God hath shewed us His glory." --Deuteronomy 5:24
God's great design in all His works is the manifestation of His own glory.
Any aim less than this were unworthy of Himself. But how shall the glory of God
be manifested to such fallen creatures as we are? Man's eye is not single, he
has ever a side glance towards his own honour, has too high an estimate of his
own powers, and so is not qualified to behold the glory of the Lord. It is
clear, then, that self must stand out of the way, that there may be room for God
to be exalted; and this is the reason why He bringeth His people ofttimes into
straits and difficulties, that, being made conscious of their own folly and
weakness, they may be fitted to behold the majesty of God when He comes forth to
work their deliverance. He whose life is one even and smooth path, will see but
little of the glory of the Lord, for he has few occasions of self-emptying, and
hence, but little fitness for being filled with the revelation of God. They who
navigate little streams and shallow creeks, know but little of the God of
tempests; but they who "do business in great waters," these see His "wonders in
the deep." Among the huge Atlantic-waves of bereavement, poverty, temptation,
and reproach, we learn the power of Jehovah, because we feel the littleness of
man. Thank God, then, if you have been led by a rough road: it is this which has
given you your experience of God's greatness and lovingkindness. Your troubles
have enriched you with a wealth of knowledge to be gained by no other means:
your trials have been the cleft of the rock in which Jehovah has set you, as He
did His servant Moses, that you might behold His glory as it passed by. Praise
God that you have not been left to the darkness and ignorance which continued
prosperity might have involved, but that in the great fight of affliction, you
have been capacitated for the outshinings of His glory in His wonderful dealings
with you.
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