Charles Haddon Spurgeon's Evening Devotional For Tuesday August 13, 2019 |
Evening Time: 6:03 PM PST
"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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