Spurgeon: March PM
* 03/05/PM
"Say unto my soul, I am thy salvation."
--Psalm 35:3
What does this sweet prayer teach me? It shall be my
evening's petition; but first let it yield me an instructive
meditation. The text informs me first of all that David had his
doubts ; for why should he pray, "Say unto my soul, I am thy
salvation," if he were not sometimes exercised with doubts and
fears? Let me, then, be of good cheer, for I am not the only
saint who has to complain of weakness of faith. If David
doubted, I need not conclude that I am no Christian because I
have doubts. The text reminds me that David was not content
while he had doubts and fears , but he repaired at once to the
mercy-seat to pray for assurance; for he valued it as much fine
gold. I too must labour after an abiding sense of my acceptance
in the Beloved, and must have no joy when His love is not shed
abroad in my soul. When my Bridegroom is gone from me, my soul
must and will fast. I learn also that David knew where to
obtain full assurance . He went to his God in prayer, crying,
"Say unto my soul I am thy salvation." I must be much alone with
God if I would have a clear sense of Jesus' love. Let my prayers
cease, and my eye of faith will grow dim. Much in prayer, much
in heaven; slow in prayer, slow in progress. I notice that
David would not be satisfied unless his assurance had a divine
source . "Say unto my soul." Lord, do Thou say it ! Nothing
short of a divine testimony in the soul will ever content the
true Christian. Moreover, David could not rest unless his
assurance had a vivid personality about it. "Say unto my
soul, I am thy salvation." Lord, if Thou shouldst say this to
all the saints, it were nothing, unless Thou shouldst say it to
me. Lord, I have sinned; I deserve not Thy smile; I scarcely
dare to ask it; but oh! say to my soul, even to my soul, "I
am thy salvation." Let me have a present, personal,
infallible, indisputable sense that I am Thine, and that Thou
art mine.