Spurgeon: January PM
* 01/27/PM
"But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her
heart."
--Luke 2:19
There was an exercise, on the part of this blessed woman,
of three powers of her being: her memory --she kept all these
things; her affections --she kept them in her heart; her
intellect --she pondered them; so that memory, affection, and
understanding, were all exercised about the things which she
had heard. Beloved, remember what you have heard of your Lord
Jesus, and what He has done for you; make your heart the golden
pot of manna to preserve the memorial of the heavenly bread
whereon you have fed in days gone by. Let your memory treasure
up everything about Christ which you have either felt, or
known, or believed, and then let your fond affections hold
Him fast for evermore. Love the person of your Lord! Bring
forth the alabaster box of your heart, even though it be
broken, and let all the precious ointment of your affection
come streaming on His pierced feet. Let your intellect be
exercised concerning the Lord Jesus. Meditate upon what you
read: stop not at the surface; dive into the depths. Be not as
the swallow which toucheth the brook with her wing, but as the
fish which penetrates the lowest wave. Abide with your Lord: let Him not be to you as a wayfaring man, that tarrieth for a
night, but constrain Him, saying, "Abide with us, for the day
is far spent." Hold Him, and do not let Him go. The word
"ponder, ' means to weigh. Make ready the balances of judgment.
Oh, but where are the scales that can weigh the Lord Christ?
"He taketh up the isles as a very little thing:"--who shall
take Him up? "He weigheth the mountains in scales"--in what
scales shall we weigh Him ? Be it so, if your understanding
cannot comprehend, let your affections apprehend; and if your
spirit cannot compass the Lord Jesus in the grasp of
understanding, let it embrace Him in the arms of affection.