Charles Haddon Spurgeon's Evening Devotional For Thursday September 17, 2020 |
Evening Time: 3:03 PM PST
"Encourage him." --Deuteronomy 1:38
God employs His people to encourage one another. He did not say to an angel,
"Gabriel, my servant Joshua is about to lead my people into Canaan--go,
encourage him." God never works needless miracles; if His purposes can be
accomplished by ordinary means, He will not use miraculous agency. Gabriel would
not have been half so well fitted for the work as Moses. A brother's sympathy is
more precious than an angel's embassy. The angel, swift of wing, had better
known the Master's bidding than the people's temper. An angel had never
experienced the hardness of the road, nor seen the fiery serpents, nor had he
led the stiff-necked multitude in the wilderness as Moses had done. We should be
glad that God usually works for man by man. It forms a bond of brotherhood, and
being mutually dependent on one another, we are fused more completely into one
family. Brethren, take the text as God's message to you. Labour to help others,
and especially strive to encourage them. Talk cheerily to the young and
anxious enquirer, lovingly try to remove stumblingblocks out of his way. When
you find a spark of grace in the heart, kneel down and blow it into a flame.
Leave the young believer to discover the roughness of the road by degrees, but
tell him of the strength which dwells in God, of the sureness of the promise,
and of the charms of communion with Christ. Aim to comfort the sorrowful, and to
animate the desponding. Speak a word in season to him that is weary, and
encourage those who are fearful to go on their way with gladness. God encourages
you by His promises; Christ encourages you as He points to the heaven He has won
for you, and the spirit encourages you as He works in you to will and to
do of His own will and pleasure. Imitate divine wisdom, and encourage others,
according to the word of this evening.
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