Charles Haddon Spurgeon's Evening Devotional For Thursday October 17, 2019 |
Evening Time: 7:38 PM PST
"He shall gather the lambs with His arm." --Isaiah 40:11
Our good Shepherd has in His flock a variety of experiences, some are strong
in the Lord, and others are weak in faith, but He is impartial in His care for
all His sheep, and the weakest lamb is as dear to Him as the most advanced of
the flock. Lambs are wont to lag behind, prone to wander, and apt to grow weary,
but from all the danger of these infirmities the Shepherd protects them with His
arm of power. He finds new-born souls, like young lambs, ready to perish--He
nourishes them till life becomes vigorous; He finds weak minds ready to faint
and die--He consoles them and renews their strength. All the little ones He
gathers, for it is not the will of our heavenly Father that one of them should
perish. What a quick eye He must have to see them all! What a tender heart to
care for them all! What a far- reaching and potent arm, to gather them all! In
His lifetime on earth He was a great gatherer of the weaker sort, and now that
He dwells in heaven, His loving heart yearns towards the meek and contrite, the
timid and feeble, the fearful and fainting here below. How gently did He gather
me to Himself, to His truth, to His blood, to His love, to His church! With what
effectual grace did He compel me to come to Himself! Since my first conversion,
how frequently has He restored me from my wanderings, and once again folded me
within the circle of His everlasting arm! The best of all is, that He does it
all Himself personally, not delegating the task of love, but condescending
Himself to rescue and preserve His most unworthy servant. How shall I love Him
enough or serve Him worthily? I would fain make His name great unto the ends of
the earth, but what can my feebleness do for Him? Great Shepherd, add to Thy
mercies this one other, a heart to love Thee more truly as I ought.
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