Spurgeon: June PM
* 06/22/PM
"That those things which cannot be shaken may remain."
--Hebrews 12:27
We have many things in our possession at the present moment
which can be shaken, and it ill becomes a Christian man to set
much store by them, for there is nothing stable beneath these
rolling skies; change is written upon all things. Yet, we have
certain "things which cannot be shaken," and I invite you this
evening to think of them, that if the things which can be shaken
should all be taken away, you may derive real comfort from the
things that cannot be shaken, which will remain. Whatever your
losses have been, or may be, you enjoy present salvation. You
are standing at the foot of His cross, trusting alone in the
merit of Jesus' precious blood, and no rise or fall of the
markets can interfere with your salvation in Him; no breaking of
banks, no failures and bankruptcies can touch that. Then you are
a child of God this evening. God is your Father. No change of
circumstances can ever rob you of that. Although by losses
brought to poverty, and stripped bare, you can say, "He is my
Father still. In my Father's house are many mansions; therefore
will I not be troubled." You have another permanent blessing,
namely, the love of Jesus Christ . He who is God and Man loves
you with all the strength of His affectionate nature--nothing
can affect that. The fig tree may not blossom, and the flocks
may cease from the field, it matters not to the man who can
sing, "My Beloved is mine, and I am His." Our best portion and
richest heritage we cannot lose. Whatever troubles come, let us
play the man; let us show that we are not such little children
as to be cast down by what may happen in this poor fleeting
state of time. Our country is Immanuel's land, our hope is above
the sky, and therefore, calm as the summer's ocean; we will see
the wreck of everything earthborn, and yet rejoice in the God of
our salvation.