Charles Haddon Spurgeon's Morning Devotional For Wednesday March 29, 2017 |
Morning Time: 6:10 AM PST
"Though He were a Son, yet learned He obedience by the things which He
suffered." --Hebrews 5:8
We are told that the Captain of our salvation was made perfect through
suffering, therefore we who are sinful, and who are far from being perfect, must
not wonder if we are called to pass through suffering too. Shall the head be
crowned with thorns, and shall the other members of the body be rocked upon the
dainty lap of ease? Must Christ pass through seas of His own blood to win the
crown, and are we to walk to heaven dryshod in silver slippers? No, our Master's
experience teaches us that suffering is necessary, and the true-born child of
God must not, would not, escape it if he might. But there is one very comforting
thought in the fact of Christ's "being made perfect through suffering"--it is,
that He can have complete sympathy with us. "He is not an high priest that
cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities." In this sympathy of
Christ we find a sustaining power. One of the early martyrs said, "I can bear it
all, for Jesus suffered, and He suffers in me now; He sympathizes with me, and
this makes me strong." Believer, lay hold of this thought in all times of agony.
Let the thought of Jesus strengthen you as you follow in His steps. Find a sweet
support in His sympathy; and remember that, to suffer is an honourable thing--to
suffer for Christ is glory. The apostles rejoiced that they were counted worthy
to do this. Just so far as the Lord shall give us grace to suffer for
Christ, to suffer with Christ, just so far does He honour us. The jewels
of a Christian are his afflictions. The regalia of the kings whom God hath
anointed are their troubles, their sorrows, and their griefs. Let us not,
therefore, shun being honoured. Let us not turn aside from being exalted. Griefs
exalt us, and troubles lift us up. "If we suffer, we shall also reign with Him."
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