Spurgeon: May AM
* 05/11/AM
"I am with you alway."
--Matthew 28:20
It is well there is One who is ever the same, and who is ever
with us. It is well there is one stable rock amidst the billows
of the sea of life. O my soul, set not thine affections upon
rusting, moth-eaten, decaying treasures, but set thine heart
upon Him who abides for ever faithful to thee. Build not thine
house upon the moving quicksands of a deceitful world, but found
thy hopes upon this rock, which, amid descending rain and
roaring floods, shall stand immovably secure. My soul, I charge
thee, lay up thy treasure in the only secure cabinet; store thy
jewels where thou canst never lose them. Put thine all in
Christ; set all thine affections on His person, all thy hope in
His merit, all thy trust in His efficacious blood, all thy joy
in His presence, and so thou mayest laugh at loss, and defy
destruction. Remember that all the flowers in the world's garden
fade by turns, and the day cometh when nothing will be left but
the black, cold earth. Death's black extinguisher must soon put
out thy candle. Oh! how sweet to have sunlight when the candle
is gone! The dark flood must soon roll between thee and all
thou hast; then wed thine heart to Him who will never leave
thee; trust thyself with Him who will go with thee through the
black and surging current of death's stream, and who will land
thee safely on the celestial shore, and make thee sit with Him
in heavenly places for ever. Go, sorrowing son of affliction,
tell thy secrets to the Friend who sticketh closer than a
brother. Trust all thy concerns with Him who never can be taken
from thee, who will never leave thee, and who will never let
thee leave Him, even "Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, and
to-day, and for ever." "Lo, I am with you alway," is enough for
my soul to live upon, let who will forsake me.