Charles Haddon Spurgeon's Evening Devotional For Thursday October 10, 2019 |
Evening Time: 1:24 PM PST
"And I will deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem
thee out of the hand of the terrible." --Jeremiah 15:21
Note the glorious personality of the promise. I will, I will.
The Lord Jehovah Himself interposes to deliver and redeem His people. He pledges
Himself personally to rescue them. His own arm shall do it, that He may have the
glory. Here is not a word said of any effort of our own which may be needed to
assist the Lord. Neither our strength nor our weakness is taken into the
account, but the lone I, like the sun in the heavens, shines out
resplendent in all-sufficience. Why then do we calculate our forces, and consult
with flesh and blood to our grievous wounding? Jehovah has power enough without
borrowing from our puny arm. Peace, ye unbelieving thoughts, be still, and know
that the Lord reigneth. Nor is there a hint concerning secondary means and
causes. The Lord says nothing of friends and helpers: He undertakes the work
alone, and feels no need of human arms to aid Him. Vain are all our lookings
around to companions and relatives; they are broken reeds if we lean upon
them--often unwilling when able, and unable when they are willing. Since the
promise comes alone from God, it would be well to wait only upon Him; and when
we do so, our expectation never fails us. Who are the wicked that we should fear
them? The Lord will utterly consume them; they are to be pitied rather than
feared. As for terrible ones, they are only terrors to those who have no God to
fly to, for when the Lord is on our side, whom shall we fear? If we run into sin
to please the wicked, we have cause to be alarmed, but if we hold fast our
integrity, the rage of tyrants shall be overruled for our good. When the fish
swallowed Jonah, he found him a morsel which he could not digest; and when the
world devours the church, it is glad to be rid of it again. In all times of
fiery trial, in patience let us possess our souls.
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