Morning and Evening with Charles Spurgeon

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August 17, 2024 August 17th Morning
“The mercy of God.” — Psalm 52:8
Meditate a little on this mercy of the Lord. It is tender mercy. With gentle, loving touch, He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds. He is as gracious in the manner of His mercy as in the matter of it. It is great mercy. There is nothing little in God; His mercy is like Himself — it is infinite. You cannot measure it. His mercy is so great that it forgives great sins to great sinners, after great lengths of time, and then gives great favours and great privileges, and raises us up to great enjoyments in the great heaven of the great God. It is undeserved mercy, as indeed all true mercy must be, for deserved mercy is only a…
misnomer for justice. There
was no right on the sinner’s part to the kind consideration of the Most
High; had the rebel been doomed at once to eternal fire he would have
richly merited the doom, and if delivered from wrath, sovereign love alone
has found a cause, for there was none in the sinner himself. It is rich
mercy. Some things are great, but have little efficacy in them, but this
mercy is a cordial to your drooping spirits; a golden ointment to your
bleeding wounds; a heavenly bandage to your broken bones; a royal chariot
for your weary feet; a bosom of love for your trembling heart. It is
manifold mercy. As Bunyan says, “All the flowers in God’s garden are
double.” There is no single mercy. You may think you have but one mercy,
but you shall find it to be a whole cluster of mercies. It is abounding
mercy. Millions have received it, yet far from its being exhausted; it is as
fresh, as full, and as free as ever. It is unfailing mercy. It will never leave
thee. If mercy be thy friend, mercy will be with thee in temptation to keep
thee from yielding; with thee in trouble to prevent thee from sinking; with
thee living to be the light and life of thy countenance; and with thee dying
to be the joy of thy soul when earthly comfort is ebbing fast.
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August 16, 2024 August 16th Evening
“Ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit.” — Romans 8:23
Present possession is declared. At this present moment we have the first fruits of the Spirit. We have repentance, that gem of the first water; faith, that priceless pearl; hope, the heavenly emerald; and love, the glorious ruby. We are already made “new creatures in Christ Jesus,” by the effectual working of God the Holy Ghost. This is called the firstfruit because it comes first. As the wave-sheaf was the first of the harvest, so the spiritual life, and all the graces which adorn that life, are the first operations of the Spirit of God in our souls. The firstfruits were the pledge of the harvest. As soon as the Israelite had plucked the first handful of ripe ears, he…
looked forward with glad anticipation to the time when the wain
should creak beneath the sheaves. So, brethren, when God gives us things
which are pure, lovely, and of good report, as the work of the Holy Spirit,
these are to us the prognostics of the coming glory. The firstfruits were
always holy to the Lord, and our new nature, with all its powers, is a
consecrated thing. The new life is not ours that we should ascribe its
excellence to our own merit; it is Christ’s image and creation, and is
ordained for His glory. But the firstfruits were not the harvest, and the
works of the Spirit in us at this moment are not the consummation — the
perfection is yet to come. We must not boast that we have attained, and so
reckon the wave-sheaf to be all the produce of the year: we must hunger
and thirst after righteousness, and pant for the day of full redemption.
Dear reader, this evening open your mouth wide, and God will fill it. Let
the boon in present possession excite in you a sacred avarice for more
grace. Groan within yourself for higher degrees of consecration, and your
Lord will grant them to you, for He is able to do exceeding abundantly
above what we ask or even think.
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August 16, 2024 August 16th Morning
“Give unto the Lord the glory due unto His name.” — Psalm 29:2
God’s glory is the result of His nature and acts. He is glorious in His character, for there is such a store of everything that is holy, and good, and lovely in God, that He must be glorious. The actions which flow from His character are also glorious; but while He intends that they should manifest to His creatures His goodness, and mercy, and justice, He is equally concerned that the glory associated with them should be given only to Himself. Nor is there aught in ourselves in which we may glory; for who maketh us to differ from another? And what have we that we did not receive from the God of all grace? Then how careful ought we to be to…
walk
humbly before the Lord! The moment we glorify ourselves, since there is
room for one glory only in the universe, we set ourselves up as rivals to
the Most High. Shall the insect of an hour glorify itself against the sun
which warmed it into life? Shall the potsherd exalt itself above the man
who fashioned it upon the wheel? Shall the dust of the desert strive with
the whirlwind? Or the drops of the ocean struggle with the tempest? Give
unto the Lord, all ye righteous, give unto the Lord glory and strength; give
unto Him the honour that is due unto His name. Yet it is, perhaps, one of
the hardest struggles of the Christian life to learn this sentence — “Not
unto us, not unto us, but unto Thy name be glory.” It is a lesson which
God is ever teaching us, and teaching us sometimes by most painful
discipline. Let a Christian begin to boast, “I can do all things,” without
adding “through Christ which strengtheneth me,” and before long he will
have to groan, “I can do nothing,” and bemoan himself in the dust. When
we do anything for the Lord, and He is pleased to accept of our doings, let
us lay our crown at His feet, and exclaim, “Not I, but the grace of God
which was with me!”
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August 15, 2024 August 15th Morning
“Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide.” — Genesis 24:63
Very admirable was his occupation. If those who spend so many hours in idle company, light reading, and useless pastimes, could learn wisdom, they would find more profitable society and more interesting engagements in meditation than in the vanities which now have such charms for them. We should all know more, live nearer to God, and grow in grace, if we were more alone. Meditation chews the cud and extracts the real nutriment from the mental food gathered elsewhere. When Jesus is…
the theme, meditation is
sweet indeed. Isaac found Rebecca while engaged in private musings; many
others have found their best beloved there.
Very admirable was the choice of place. In the field we have a study hung
round with texts for thought. From the cedar to the hyssop, from the
soaring eagle down to the chirping grasshopper, from the blue expanse of
heaven to a drop of dew, all things are full of teaching, and when the eye is
divinely opened, that teaching flashes upon the mind far more vividly than
from written books. Our little rooms are neither so healthy, so suggestive,
so agreeable, or so inspiring as the fields. Let us count nothing common or
unclean, but feel that all created things point to their Maker, and the field
will at once be hallowed.
Very admirable was the season. The season of sunset as it draws a veil
over the day, befits that repose of the soul when earthborn cares yield to
the joys of heavenly communion. The glory of the setting sun excites our
wonder, and the solemnity of approaching night awakens our awe. If the
business of this day will permit it, it will be well, dear reader, if you can
spare an hour to walk in the field at eventide, but if not, the Lord is in the
town too, and will meet with thee in thy chamber or in the crowded street.
Let thy heart go forth to meet Him.
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August 14, 2024 August 14th Evening
“I know their sorrows.” — Exodus 3:7
The child is cheered as he sings, “This my father knows”; and shall not we
be comforted as we discern that our dear Friend and tender soul-husband
knows all about us?
1. He is the Physician, and if He knows all, there is no need that the patient should know. Hush, thou silly, fluttering heart, prying, peeping, and suspecting! What thou knowest not now, thou shalt know hereafter, and meanwhile Jesus, the beloved Physician, knows thy soul in adversities. Why need the patient analyze all the medicine, or estimate all the symptoms? This is the Physician’s work, not mine; it is my business to trust, and His to prescribe. If He shall write His prescription in uncouth characters which I cannot read, I will not be…
uneasy on that account, but
rely upon His unfailing skill to make all plain in the result, however
mysterious in the working.
2. He is the Master, and His knowledge is to serve us instead of our own;
we are to obey, not to judge: “The servant knoweth not what his Lord
doeth.” Shall the architect explain his plans to every hodman on the
works? If he knows his own intent, is it not enough? The vessel on the
wheel cannot guess to what pattern it shall be conformed, but if the potter
understands his art, what matters the ignorance of the clay? My Lord must
not be cross-questioned any more by one so ignorant as I am.
3. He is the Head. All understanding centres there. What judgment has the
arm? What comprehension has the foot? All the power to know lies in the
head. Why should the member have a brain of its own when the head
fulfils for it every intellectual office? Here, then, must the believer rest his
comfort in sickness, not that he himself can see the end, but that Jesus
knows all. Sweet Lord, be thou for ever eye, and soul, and head for us, and
let us be content to know only what Thou choosest to reveal.
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August 14, 2024 August 14th Morning
“Thou, Lord, hast made me glad through Thy work.” — Psalm 92:4
Do you believe that your sins are forgiven, and that Christ has made a full atonement for them? Then what a joyful Christian you ought to be! How you should live above the common trials and troubles of the world! Since sin is forgiven, can it matter what happens to you now? Luther said, “Smite, Lord, smite, for my sin is forgiven; if Thou hast but forgiven me, smite as hard as Thou wilt”; and in a similar spirit you may say, “Send sickness, poverty, losses, crosses, persecution, what Thou wilt, Thou hast forgiven me, and my soul is glad.” Christian, if thou art thus saved, whilst thou art glad, be grateful and loving. Cling to…
that cross which took thy sin away; serve thou Him who served thee. “I beseech you therefore, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.” Let not your zeal evaporate in some little ebullition of song. Show your love in expressive tokens. Love the brethren of Him who loved you. If there be a Mephibosheth anywhere who is lame or halt, help him for Jonathan’s sake. If there be a poor tried believer, weep with him, and bear his cross for the sake of Him who wept for thee and carried thy sins. Since thou art thus forgiven freely for Christ’s sake, go and tell to others the joyful news of pardoning mercy. Be not contented with this unspeakable blessing for thyself alone, but publish abroad the story of the cross. Holy gladness and holy boldness will make you a good preacher, and all the world will be a pulpit for you to preach in. Cheerful holiness is the most forcible of sermons, but the Lord must give it you. Seek it this morning before you go into the world. When it is the Lord’s work in which we rejoice, we need not be afraid of being too glad.
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August 13, 2024 August 13th Evening
“And I will remember My covenant.” — Genesis 9:15
Mark the form of the promise. God does not say, “And when ye shall look upon the bow, and ye shall remember My covenant, then I will not destroy the earth,” but it is gloriously put, not upon our memory, which is fickle and frail, but upon God’s memory, which is infinite and immutable. “The bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant.” Oh! it is not my remembering God, it is God’s remembering me which is the ground of my safety; it is not my laying hold of His covenant, but His covenant’s laying hold on me. Glory be to God! the whole of the bulwarks of salvation are secured by divine power, and even the…
minor towers, which we may imagine might have been
left to man, are guarded by almighty strength. Even the remembrance of
the covenant is not left to our memories, for we might forget, but our Lord
cannot forget the saints whom He has graven on the palms of His hands. It
is with us as with Israel in Egypt; the blood was upon the lintel and the
two side-posts, but the Lord did not say, “When you see the blood I will
pass over you,” but “When I see the blood I will pass over you.” My
looking to Jesus brings me joy and peace, but it is God’s looking to Jesus
which secures my salvation and that of all His elect, since it is impossible
for our God to look at Christ, our bleeding Surety, and then to be angry
with us for sins already punished in Him. No, it is not left with us even to
be saved by remembering the covenant. There is no linsey-wolsey here —
not a single thread of the creature mars the fabric. It is not of man, neither
by man, but of the Lord alone. We should remember the covenant, and we
shall do it, through divine grace; but the hinge of our safety does not hang
there — it is God’s remembering us, not our remembering Him; and hence
the covenant is an everlasting covenant.
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August 13, 2024 August 13th Morning
“The cedars of Lebanon which He hath planted.” — Psalm 104:16
Lebanon’s cedars are emblematic of the Christian, in that they owe their planting entirely to the Lord. This is quite true of every child of God. He is not man-planted, nor self-planted, but God-planted. The mysterious hand of the divine Spirit dropped the living seed into a heart which He had Himself prepared for its reception. Every true heir of heaven owns the great Husbandman as his planter. Moreover, the cedars of Lebanon are not dependent upon man for their watering; they stand on the lofty rock, unmoistened by human irrigation; and yet our heavenly Father supplieth them. Thus it is with the Christian who has learned to live by faith. He is…
independent of man, even in temporal things; for his continued
maintenance he looks to the Lord his God, and to Him alone. The dew of
heaven is his portion, and the God of heaven is his fountain. Again, the
cedars of Lebanon are not protected by any mortal power. They owe
nothing to man for their preservation from stormy wind and tempest.
They are God’s trees, kept and preserved by Him, and by Him alone. It is
precisely the same with the Christian. He is not a hot-house plant,
sheltered from temptation; he stands in the most exposed position; he has
no shelter, no protection, except this, that the broad wings of the eternal
God always cover the cedars which He Himself has planted. Like cedars,
believers are full of sap having vitality enough to be ever green, even amid
winter’s snows. Lastly, the flourishing and majestic condition of the cedar
is to the praise of God only. The Lord, even the Lord alone hath been
everything unto the cedars, and, therefore David very sweetly puts it in
one of the psalms, “Praise ye the Lord, fruitful trees and all cedars.” In the
believer there is nothing that can magnify man; he is planted, nourished,
and protected by the Lord’s own hand, and to Him let all the glory be
ascribed.
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August 12, 2024 August 12th Evening
“The bow shall be seen in the cloud.” — Genesis 9:14
The rainbow, the symbol of the covenant with Noah, is typical of our Lord Jesus, who is the Lord’s witness to the people. When may we expect to see the token of the covenant? The rainbow is only to be seen painted upon a cloud. When the sinner’s conscience is dark with clouds, when he remembers his past sin, and mourneth and lamenteth before God, Jesus Christ is revealed to him as the covenant Rainbow, displaying all the glorious hues of the divine character and betokening peace. To the believer, when his trials and temptations surround him, it is sweet to…
behold the
person of our Lord Jesus Christ — to see Him bleeding, living, rising, and
pleading for us. God’s rainbow is hung over the cloud of our sins, our
sorrows, and our woes, to prophesy deliverance. Nor does a cloud alone
give a rainbow, there must be the crystal drops to reflect the light of the
sun. So, our sorrows must not only threaten, but they must really fall
upon us. There had been no Christ for us if the vengeance of God had been
merely a threatening cloud: punishment must fall in terrible drops upon the
Surety. Until there is a real anguish in the sinner’s conscience, there is no
Christ for him; until the chastisement which he feels becomes grievous, he
cannot see Jesus. But there must also be a sun; for clouds and drops of rain
make not rainbows unless the sun shineth. Beloved, our God, who is as the
sun to us, always shines, but we do not always see Him — clouds hide
His face; but no matter what drops may be falling, or what clouds may be
threatening, if He does but shine there will be a rainbow at once. It is said
that when we see the rainbow the shower is over. Certain it is, that when
Christ comes, our troubles remove; when we behold Jesus, our sins vanish,
and our doubts and fears subside. When Jesus walks the waters of the sea,
how profound the calm!
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August 12, 2024 August 12th Morning
“The Lord reigneth, let the earth rejoice.” — Psalm 97:1
Causes for disquietude there are none so long as this blessed sentence is true. On earth the Lord’s power as readily controls the rage of the wicked as the rage of the sea; His love as easily refreshes the poor with mercy as the earth with showers. Majesty gleams in flashes of fire amid the tempest’s horrors, and the glory of the Lord is seen in its grandeur in the fall of empires, and the crash of thrones. In all our conflicts and tribulations, we may…
behold the hand of the divine King.
“God is God; He sees and hears
All our troubles, all our tears.
Soul, forget not, ‘mid thy pains,
God o’er all for ever reigns.”
In hell, evil spirits own, with misery, His undoubted supremacy. When
permitted to roam abroad, it is with a chain at their heel; the bit is in the
mouth of behemoth, and the hook in the jaws of leviathan. Death’s darts
are under the Lord’s lock, and the grave’s prisons have divine power as
their warder. The terrible vengeance of the Judge of all the earth makes
fiends cower down and tremble, even as dogs in the kennel fear the
hunter’s whip.
“Fear not death, nor Satan’s thrusts,
God defends who in Him trusts;
Soul, remember, in thy pains,
God o’er all for ever reigns.”
In heaven none doubt the sovereignty of the King Eternal, but all fall on
their faces to do Him homage. Angels are His courtiers, the redeemed His
favourites, and all delight to serve Him day and night. May we soon reach
the city of the great King!
“For this life’s long night of sadness
He will give us peace and gladness.
Soul, remember, in thy pains,
God o’er all for ever reigns.”
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