Morning and Evening with Charles Spurgeon

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November 26, 2024 November 26th Morning
“Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might.” — Ecclesiastes 9:10
“Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do,” refers to works that are possible. There are many things which our heart findeth to do which we never shall do. It is well it is in our heart; but if we would be eminently useful, we must not be content with forming schemes in our heart, and talking of them; we must practically carry out “whatsoever our hand findeth to do.” One good deed is more worth than a thousand brilliant theories. Let us not wait for large opportunities, or for a different kind of work, but do just the things we “find to do” day by day. We have no other time in which to live. The past is gone; the future has not arrived; we never shall have any time but time present. Then do not wait until your experience has ripened into maturity before you attempt to serve God. Endeavour now to…
bring forth
fruit. Serve God now, but be careful as to the way in which you perform
what you find to do — “do it with thy might.” Do it promptly; do not
fritter away your life in thinking of what you intend to do to-morrow as if
that could recompense for the idleness of to-day. No man ever served God
by doing things to-morrow. If we honour Christ and are blessed, it is by
the things which we do to-day. Whatever you do for Christ throw your
whole soul into it. Do not give Christ a little slurred labour, done as a
matter of course now and then; but when you do serve Him, do it with
heart, and soul, and strength.
But where is the might of a Christian? It is not in himself, for he is perfect
weakness. His might lieth in the Lord of Hosts. Then let us seek His help;
let us proceed with prayer and faith, and when we have done what our
“hand findeth to do,” let us wait upon the Lord for His blessing. What we
do thus will be well done, and will not fail in its effect.
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November 25, 2024 November 25th Evening
“For He saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.” — Romans 9:15
In these words the Lord in the plainest manner claims the right to give or to withhold His mercy according to His own sovereign will. As the prerogative of life and death is vested in the monarch, so the Judge of all the earth has a right to spare or condemn the guilty, as may seem best in His sight. Men by their sins have forfeited all claim upon God; they deserve to perish for their sins — and if they all do so, they have no ground for complaint. If the Lord steps in to save any, He may do so if the ends of justice are not thwarted; but if He judges it best to leave the condemned to suffer the righteous sentence, none may arraign Him at their bar. Foolish and impudent are all those discourses about the rights of men to be all placed on the same footing; ignorant, if not worse, are those contentions against discriminating grace, which are but the…
rebellions of
proud human nature against the crown and sceptre of Jehovah. When we
are brought to see our own utter ruin and ill desert, and the justice of the
divine verdict against sin, we no longer cavil at the truth that the Lord is
not bound to save us; we do not murmur if He chooses to save others, as
though He were doing us an injury, but feel that if He deigns to look upon
us, it will be His own free act of undeserved goodness, for which we shall
for ever bless His name.
How shall those who are the subjects of divine election sufficiently adore
the grace of God? They have no room for boasting, for sovereignty most
effectually excludes it. The Lord’s will alone is glorified, and the very
notion of human merit is cast out to everlasting contempt. There is no
more humbling doctrine in Scripture than that of election, none more
promotive of gratitude, and, consequently, none more sanctifying.
Believers should not be afraid of it, but adoringly rejoice in it.
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November 25, 2024 November 25th Morning
“To preach deliverance to the captives.” — Luke 4.18
None but Jesus can give deliverance to captives. Real liberty cometh from Him only. It is a liberty righteously bestowed; for the Son, who is Heir of all things, has a right to make men free. The saints honour the justice of God, which now secures their salvation. It is a liberty which has been dearly purchased. Christ speaks it by His power, but He bought it by His blood. He makes thee free, but it is by His own bonds. Thou goest clear, because He bare thy burden for thee: thou art set at liberty, because He has suffered in thy stead. But, though dearly purchased, He freely gives it. Jesus asks nothing of us as a preparation for this liberty. He finds us sitting in sackcloth and ashes, and…
bids us put on the beautiful array of
freedom; He saves us just as we are, and all without our help or merit.
When Jesus sets free, the liberty is perpetually entailed; no chains can bind
again. Let the Master say to me, “Captive, I have delivered thee,” and it is
done for ever. Satan may plot to enslave us, but if the Lord be on our side,
whom shall we fear? The world, with its temptations, may seek to ensnare
us, but mightier is He who is for us than all they who be against us. The
machinations of our own deceitful hearts may harass and annoy us, but He
who hath begun the good work in us will carry it on and perfect it to the
end. The foes of God and the enemies of man may gather their hosts
together, and come with concentrated fury against us, but if God
acquitteth, who is he that condemneth? Not more free is the eagle which
mounts to his rocky eyrie, and afterwards outsoars the clouds, than the
soul which Christ hath delivered. If we are no more under the law, but free
from its curse, let our liberty be practically exhibited in our serving God
with gratitude and delight. “I am Thy servant, and the son of thine
handmaid: Thou hast loosed my bonds.” “Lord, what wilt Thou have me
to do?”
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November 24, 2024 November 24th Evening
“Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: so shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.” — Proverbs 24:33, 34
The worst of sluggards only ask for a little slumber; they would be indignant if they were accused of thorough idleness. A little folding of the hands to sleep is all they crave, and they have a crowd of reasons to show that this indulgence is a very proper one. Yet by these littles the day ebbs out, and the time for labour is all gone, and the field is grown over with thorns. It is by little procrastinations that men ruin their souls. They have no intention to delay for years — a few months will bring the more convenient season — to-morrow if you will, they will attend to serious things; but the present hour is so occupied and altogether so unsuitable, that they beg to be excused. Like sands from an hour-glass, time passes, life is wasted by driblets, and seasons of grace lost by little slumbers. Oh, to be wise, to catch the flying hour, to use the…
moments on the wing! May
the Lord teach us this sacred wisdom, for otherwise a poverty of the worst
sort awaits us, eternal poverty which shall want even a drop of water, and
beg for it in vain. Like a traveller steadily pursuing his journey, poverty
overtakes the slothful, and ruin overthrows the undecided: each hour brings
the dreaded pursuer nearer; he pauses not by the way, for he is on his
master’s business and must not tarry. As an armed man enters with
authority and power, so shall want come to the idle, and death to the
impenitent, and there will be no escape. O that men were wise be-times,
and would seek diligently unto the Lord Jesus, or ere the solemn day shall
dawn when it will be too late to plough and to sow, too late to repent and
believe. In harvest, it is vain to lament that the seed time was neglected. As
yet, faith and holy decision are timely. May we obtain them this night.
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November 24, 2024 November 24th Morning
“The glorious Lord will be unto us a place of broad rivers and streams.” — Isaiah 33:21
Broad rivers and streams produce fertility, and abundance in the land. Places near broad rivers are remarkable for the variety of their plants and their plentiful harvests. God is all this to His Church. Having God she has abundance. What can she ask for that He will not give her? What want can she mention which He will not supply? “In this mountain shall the Lord of Hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things.” Want ye the bread of life? It drops like manna from the sky. Want ye refreshing streams? The rock follows you, and that Rock is Christ. If you suffer any want it is your own fault; if you are straitened you are not straitened in Him, but in your own bowels. Broad rivers and streams also point to commerce. Our glorious Lord is to us a place of heavenly merchandize. Through our Redeemer we have…
commerce with the past; the wealth of Calvary, the treasures of the covenant, the riches of the ancient days of election, the stores of eternity, all come to us down the broad stream of our gracious Lord. We have commerce, too, with the future. What galleys, laden to the water’s edge, come to us from the millennium! What visions we have of the days of heaven upon earth! Through our glorious Lord we have commerce with angels; communion with the bright spirits washed in blood, who sing before the throne; nay, better still, we have fellowship with the Infinite One. Broad rivers and streams are specially intended to set forth the idea of security. Rivers were of old a defence. Oh! beloved, what a defence is God to His Church! The devil cannot cross this broad river of God. How he wishes he could turn the current, but fear not, for God abideth immutably the same. Satan may worry, but he cannot destroy us; no galley with oars shall invade our river, neither shall gallant ship pass thereby.
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November 23, 2024 November 23rd Evening
“Get thee up into the high mountain.” — Isaiah 40:9
Each believer should be thirsting for God, for the living God, and longing to climb the hill of the Lord, and see Him face to face. We ought not to rest content in the mists of the valley when the summit of Tabor awaits us. My soul thirsteth to drink deep of the cup which is reserved for those who reach the mountain’s brow, and bathe their brows in heaven. How pure are the dews of the hills, how fresh is the mountain air, how rich the fare of the dwellers aloft, whose windows look into the New Jerusalem! Many saints are content to live like men in coal mines, who see not the sun; they eat dust like the serpent when they might taste the ambrosial meat of angels; they are content to wear the miner’s garb when they might put on king’s robes; tears mar their faces when they might anoint them with celestial oil. Satisfied I am that…
many a believer pines in a dungeon when he might walk on the palace roof, and view the goodly land and Lebanon. Rouse thee, O believer, from thy low condition! Cast away thy sloth, thy lethargy, thy coldness, or whatever interferes with thy chaste and pure love to Christ, thy soul’s Husband. Make Him the source, the centre, and the circumference of all thy soul’s range of delight. What enchants thee into such folly as to remain in a pit when thou mayst sit on a throne? Live not in the lowlands of bondage now that mountain liberty is conferred upon thee. Rest no longer satisfied with thy dwarfish attainments, but press forward to things more sublime and heavenly. Aspire to a higher, a nobler, a fuller life. Upward to heaven! Nearer to God!
“When wilt Thou come unto me, Lord?
Oh come, my Lord most dear!
Come near, come nearer, nearer still,
I’m blest when Thou art near.”
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November 23, 2024 November 23rd Morning
“Fellowship with Him.” — 1 John 1:6
When we were united by faith to Christ, we were brought into such complete fellowship with Him, that we were made one with Him, and His interests and ours became mutual and identical. We have fellowship with Christ in His love. What He loves we love. He loves the saints — so do we. He loves sinners — so do we. He loves the poor perishing race of man, and pants to see earth’s deserts transformed into the garden of the Lord — so do we. We have fellowship with Him in His desires. He desires the glory of God — we also labour for the same. He desires that the saints may be with Him where He is — we desire to be with Him there too. He desires to drive out sin — behold we fight under His banner. He desires that…
His Father’s name may be loved and adored by all His creatures — we
pray daily, “Let Thy kingdom come and Thy will be done on earth, even
as it is in heaven.” We have fellowship with Christ in His sufferings. We
are not nailed to the cross, nor do we die a cruel death, but when He is
reproached, we are reproached; and a very sweet thing it is to be blamed
for His sake, to be despised for following the Master, to have the world
against us. The disciple should not be above His Lord. In our measure we
commune with Him in His labours, ministering to men by the word of
truth and by deeds of love. Our meat and our drink, like His, is to do the
will of Him who hath sent us and to finish His work. We have also
fellowship with Christ in His joys. We are happy in His happiness, we
rejoice in His exaltation. Have you ever tasted that joy, believer? There is
no purer or more thrilling delight to be known this side heaven than that of
having Christ’s joy fulfilled in us, that our joy may be full. His glory
awaits us to complete our fellowship, for His Church shall sit with him
upon His throne, as His well-beloved bride and queen.
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November 22, 2024 November 22nd Evening
“The power of His resurrection.” — Philippians 3:10
The doctrine of a risen Saviour is exceedingly precious. The resurrection is the corner-stone of the entire building of Christianity. It is the key-stone of the arch of our salvation. It would take a volume to set forth all the streams of living water which flow from this one sacred source, the resurrection of our dear Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ; but to know that He has risen, and to have fellowship with Him as such — communing with the risen Saviour by possessing a risen life — seeing Him leave the tomb by leaving the tomb of worldliness ourselves, this is even still more precious. The doctrine is the basis of the experience, but as the flower is more lovely than the root, so is the experience of fellowship with the risen Saviour more lovely than the doctrine itself. I would have you believe that…
Christ rose from the dead so as to sing of it, and derive all the consolation
which it is possible for you to extract from this well-ascertained and
well-witnessed fact; but I beseech you, rest not contented even there.
Though you cannot, like the disciples, see Him visibly, yet I bid you
aspire to see Christ Jesus by the eye of faith; and though, like Mary
Magdalene, you may not “touch” Him, yet may you be privileged to
converse with Him, and to know that He is risen, you yourselves being
risen in Him to newness of life. To know a crucified Saviour as having
crucified all my sins, is a high degree of knowledge; but to know a risen
Saviour as having justified me, and to realize that He has bestowed upon
me new life, having given me to be a new creature through His own
newness of life, this is a noble style of experience: short of it, none ought
to rest satisfied. May you both “know Him, and the power of His
resurrection.” Why should souls who are quickened with Jesus, wear the
grave-clothes of worldliness and unbelief? Rise, for the Lord is risen.
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November 22, 2024 November 22nd Morning
“Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.” — Hosea 12:12
Jacob, while expostulating with Laban, thus describes his own toil, “This twenty years have I been with thee. That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee: I bare the loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it, whether stolen by day, or stolen by night. Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.” Even more toilsome than this was the life of our Saviour here below. He watched over all His sheep till He gave in as His last account, “Of all those whom Thou hast given me I have lost none.” His hair was wet with dew, and His locks with the drops of the night. Sleep departed from His eyes, for all night He was in prayer wrestling for His people. One night Peter must…
be pleaded for; anon, another claims His tearful
intercession. No shepherd sitting beneath the cold skies, looking up to the
stars, could ever utter such complaints because of the hardness of his toil
as Jesus Christ might have brought, if He had chosen to do so, because of
the sternness of His service in order to procure His spouse —
“Cold mountains and the midnight air,
Witnessed the fervour of His prayer;
The desert His temptations knew,
His conflict and His victory too.”
It is sweet to dwell upon the spiritual parallel of Laban having required all
the sheep at Jacob’s hand. If they were torn of beasts, Jacob must make it
good; if any of them died, he must stand as surety for the whole. Was not
the toil of Jesus for His Church the toil of one who was under suretiship
obligations to bring every believing one safe to the hand of Him who had
committed them to His charge? Look upon toiling Jacob, and you see a
representation of Him of whom we read, “He shall feed His flock like a
shepherd.”
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November 21, 2024 November 21st Evening
“Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with Him.” — John 12:2
He is to be envied. It was well to be Martha and serve, but better to be
Lazarus and commune. There are times for each purpose, and each is
comely in its season, but none of the trees of the garden yield such clusters
as the vine of fellowship. To sit with Jesus, to hear His words, to mark
His acts, and receive His smiles, was such a favour as must have made
Lazarus as happy as the angels. When it has been our happy lot to feast
with our Beloved in His banqueting-hall, we would not have given half a
sigh for all the kingdoms of the world, if so much breath could have bought
them.
He is to be imitated. It would have been a strange thing if…
Lazarus had not
been at the table where Jesus was, for he had been dead, and Jesus had
raised him. For the risen one to be absent when the Lord who gave him life
was at his house, would have been ungrateful indeed. We too were once
dead, yea, and like Lazarus stinking in the grave of sin; Jesus raised us, and
by His life we live — can we be content to live at a distance from Him? Do
we omit to remember Him at His table, where He deigns to feast with His
brethren? Oh, this is cruel! It behoves us to repent, and do as He has
bidden us, for His least wish should be law to us. To have lived without
constant intercourse with one of whom the Jews said, “Behold how He
loved him,” would have been disgraceful to Lazarus, is it excusable in us
whom Jesus has loved with an everlasting love? To have been cold to Him
who wept over his lifeless corpse, would have argued great brutishness in
Lazarus. What does it argue in us over whom the Saviour has not only
wept, but bled? Come, brethren, who read this portion, let us return unto
our heavenly Bridegroom, and ask for His Spirit that we may be on terms
of closer intimacy with Him, and henceforth sit at the table with Him.
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