Charles Haddon Spurgeon's Evening Devotional For Saturday February 15, 2020 |
Evening Time: 11:14 PM PST
"Whereby they have made Thee glad." --Psalm 45:8
And who are thus privileged to make the Saviour glad? His church--His people.
But is it possible? He makes us glad, but how can we make Him
glad? By our love. Ah! we think it so cold, so faint; and so, indeed, we
must sorrowfully confess it to be, but it is very sweet to Christ. Hear His own
eulogy of that love in the golden Canticle: "How fair is thy love, my sister, my
spouse! how much better is thy love than wine!" See, loving heart, how He
delights in you. When you lean your head on His bosom, you not only receive, but
you give Him joy; when you gaze with love upon His all-glorious face, you not
only obtain comfort, but impart delight. Our praise, too gives Him
joy--not the song of the lips alone, but the melody of the heart's deep
gratitude. Our gifts, too, are very pleasant to Him; He loves to see us
lay our time, our talents, our substance upon the altar, not for the value of
what we give, but for the sake of the motive from which the gift springs. To Him
the lowly offerings of His saints are more acceptable than the thousands of gold
and silver. Holiness is like frankincense and myrrh to Him. Forgive your
enemy, and you make Christ glad; distribute of your substance to the poor, and
He rejoices; be the means of saving souls, and you give Him to see of the
travail of His soul; proclaim His gospel, and you are a sweet savour unto Him;
go among the ignorant and lift up the cross, and you have given Him honour. It
is in your power even now to break the alabaster box, and pour the precious oil
of joy upon His head, as did the woman of old, whose memorial is to this day set
forth wherever the gospel is preached. Will you be backward then? Will you not
perfume your beloved Lord with the myrrh and aloes, and cassis, of your heart's
praise? Yes, ye ivory palaces, ye shall hear the songs of the saints!
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