Spurgeon: April AM
* 04/28/AM
"Remember the word unto Thy servant, upon which Thou hast caused
me to hope."
--Psalm 119:49
Whatever your especial need may be, you may readily find some
promise in the Bible suited to it. Are you faint and feeble
because your way is rough and you are weary? Here is the
promise--"He giveth power to the faint." When you read such a
promise, take it back to the great Promiser, and ask Him to
fulfil His own word. Are you seeking after Christ, and thirsting
for closer communion with Him? This promise shines like a star
upon you--"Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after
righteousness, for they shall be filled." Take that promise to
the throne continually; do not plead anything else, but go to
God over and over again with this--"Lord, Thou hast said it, do
as Thou hast said." Are you distressed because of sin, and
burdened with the heavy load of your iniquities? Listen to
these words--"I, even I, am He that blotteth out thy
transgressions, and will no more remember thy sins." You have no
merit of your own to plead why He should pardon you, but plead
His written engagements and He will perform them. Are you afraid
lest you should not be able to hold on to the end, lest, after
having thought yourself a child of God, you should prove a
castaway? If that is your state, take this word of grace to the
throne and plead it: "The mountains may depart, and the hills
may be removed, but the covenant of My love shall not depart
from thee." If you have lost the sweet sense of the Saviour's
presence, and are seeking Him with a sorrowful heart, remember
the promises: "Return unto Me, and I will return unto you;" "For
a small moment have I forsaken thee, but with great mercies will
I gather thee." Banquet your faith upon God's own word, and
whatever your fears or wants, repair to the Bank of Faith with
your Father's note of hand, saying, "Remember the word unto Thy
servant, upon which Thou hast caused me to hope."