Spurgeon: June AM
* 06/15/AM
"And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that
hear will laugh with me."
--Genesis 21:6
It was far above the power of nature, and even contrary to
its laws, that the aged Sarah should be honoured with a son; and
even so it is beyond all ordinary rules that I, a poor,
helpless, undone sinner, should find grace to bear about in my
soul the indwelling Spirit of the Lord Jesus. I, who once
despaired, as well I might, for my nature was as dry, and
withered, and barren, and accursed as a howling wilderness, even
I have been made to bring forth fruit unto holiness. Well may my
mouth be filled with joyous laughter, because of the singular,
surprising grace which I have received of the Lord, for I have
found Jesus, the promised seed, and He is mine for ever. This
day will I lift up psalms of triumph unto the Lord who has
remembered my low estate, for "my heart rejoiceth in the Lord;
mine horn is exalted in the Lord; my mouth is enlarged over mine
enemies, because I rejoice in Thy salvation."
I would have all those that hear of my great deliverance from
hell, and my most blessed visitation from on high, laugh for joy
with me. I would surprise my family with my abundant peace; I
would delight my friends with my ever-increasing happiness; I
would edify the Church with my grateful confessions; and even
impress the world with the cheerfulness of my daily
conversation. Bunyan tells us that Mercy laughed in her sleep,
and no wonder when she dreamed of Jesus; my joy shall not stop
short of hers while my Beloved is the theme of my daily
thoughts. The Lord Jesus is a deep sea of joy: my soul shall
dive therein, shall be swallowed up in the delights of His
society. Sarah looked on her Isaac, and laughed with excess of
rapture, and all her friends laughed with her; and thou, my
soul, look on thy Jesus, and bid heaven and earth unite in thy
joy unspeakable.