May 03
Psalm 51
For you will not delight in sacrifice, or I would give it;
you will not be pleased with a burnt offering.
Guilt can be a strange thing, it causes one to do things not usual. One such act is compensation for the crime committed, finding some way to make restitution for the act committed, some way to find forgiveness for our sin—we just need something. Yet, before God, and often our loved ones, there is nothing that can be done to atone for our sins.
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Apr 27
C. Spurgeon, Morning and Evening—27 April 2012
Psalm 67:6 (ESV)—The earth has yielded its increase; God, our God, shall bless us.
Spurgeon goes down a path very few evangelical believers will dare to traverse. He speaks of the believers’ access to God to ask of Him great spiritual blessings. Immediately, one might think of the charismatic extreme of wealth and health prosperity, yet Spurgeon keeps this extreme in check, much like the theology of John Piper today.
Our ultimate blessing and satisfaction is found in God Himself, not in the blessings themselves, but in Him, as the giver of blessings. Practically, Spurgeon spurs the believer to ask of God in all circumstances of life for wisdom, guidance, and provision. If God blesses His people, surely in the circumstances He places them He will provide all that they need, only if we would ask!
Everything in this world was created for the service of His greatest creation—made in His image—humankind. One of the blessings is other access that we have to His creation to provide and sustain us in our physical lives.
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Apr 25
Pardon the old English but it captures the beauty of the believer’s relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ. As Spurgeon so eloquently writes, Jesus sups—that is, dines—with us because we open the doors of our hearts; we dine with Him because He brings the provision. The quoted verse from Revelation: Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me. (Revelation 3:20 ESV)
This is a verse known by so many believers, and with much of our relationship with the Lord Jesus, I wonder if we remember each day the overflowing blessings that are available to us. He knocks on the door of our heart, He doesn’t wait for us to call upon Him, He is standing there knocking. If we would, but only, open the door of our heart to Him, so that He might come in and dine with us.
As Spurgeon so rightly points out the Lord Jesus provides the meal. He is both guest and host in our hearts. I find myself suddenly questioning whether I would be so humble in life to allow a guest to be the host in my own home, yet it is exactly what Jesus does. He knocks on the door of our heart , when we open it up, to bring in a feast to share with Him.
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Apr 17
C. Spurgeon, Morning and Evening—17 April 2012
Spurgeon asks, have I come into the blood? I have come, yet I do not do so daily. He speaks truth when he says once we have come, we will continue to come; but the trouble is the frequency of coming to the blip of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Far too little…the frequency of my humility and admission, the coming to the blood to be washed and cleansed of all my sin, it does not happen enough. It is freely accessible to me and yet, I find myself distracted, lost, and too proud to admit my need.
My Lord, my King, my bloodied Saviour—how I have dishonoured and despised what you have done for me! Break me, humble me, and mould me—so that I might be a true reflection, to the people around me, of your amazing grace and cleansing blood.
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Apr 11
C. Spurgeon, Morning and Evening—11 April
Psalm 22:14 (ESV)
I am poured out like water,
and all my bones are out of joint;
my heart is like wax;
it is melted within my breast.
In writing this psalm, did the Psalmist know the deep reality about which he wrote regarding the Lord’s death? Inspired by the Spirit of God, these prophetic words echo throughout time, pointing the people of old to look forward to their coming Messiah, pointing people today back to the risen Saviour.
I will never know the anguish my Saviour suffered for me, the agony as He faced the overwhelming wrath of God in its totality bearing all my sin. Upon that Cross, His blood dripped, gathered in the cups of Grace to be poured out on me and all who would believe in His name, amen.
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