Spurgeon: May PM
* 05/03/PM
"A very present help."
--Psalm 46:1
Covenant blessings are not meant to be looked at only, but to
be appropriated. Even our Lord Jesus is given to us for our
present use. Believer, thou dost not make use of Christ as thou
oughtest to do. When thou art in trouble, why dost thou not tell
Him all thy grief? Has He not a sympathizing heart, and can He
not comfort and relieve thee? No, thou art going about to all
thy friends, save thy best Friend, and telling thy tale
everywhere except into the bosom of thy Lord. Art thou burdened
with this day's sins? Here is a fountain filled with blood: use
it, saint, use it. Has a sense of guilt returned upon thee? The
pardoning grace of Jesus may be proved again and again. Come to
Him at once for cleansing. Dost thou deplore thy weakness? He is
thy strength: why not lean upon Him? Dost thou feel naked? Come
hither, soul; put on the robe of Jesus' righteousness. Stand
not looking at it, but wear it. Strip off thine own
righteousness, and thine own fears too: put on the fair white
linen, for it was meant to wear . Dost thou feel thyself sick?
Pull the night-bell of prayer, and call up the Beloved
Physician! He will give the cordial that will revive thee. Thou
art poor, but then thou hast "a kinsman, a mighty man of
wealth." What! wilt thou not go to Him, and ask Him to give
thee of His abundance, when He has given thee this promise, that
thou shalt be joint heir with Him, and has made over all that He
is and all that He has to be thine? There is nothing Christ
dislikes more than for His people to make a show-thing of Him,
and not to use Him. He loves to be employed by us. The more
burdens we put on His shoulders, the more precious will He be to
us.
"Let us be simple with Him, then,
Not backward, stiff, or cold,
As though our Bethlehem could be
What Sinai was of old."