Spurgeon: July AM
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"In summer and in winter shall it be."
--Zechariah 14:8
The streams of living water which flow from Jerusalem are not
dried up by the parching heats of sultry midsummer any more than
they were frozen by the cold winds of blustering winter.
Rejoice, O my soul, that thou art spared to testify of the
faithfulness of the Lord. The seasons change and thou changest,
but thy Lord abides evermore the same, and the streams of His
love are as deep, as broad and as full as ever. The heats of
business cares and scorching trials make me need the cooling
influences of the river of His grace; I may go at once and drink
to the full from the inexhaustible fountain, for in summer and
in winter it pours forth its flood. The upper springs are never
scanty, and blessed be the name of the Lord, the nether springs
cannot fail either. Elijah found Cherith dry up, but Jehovah was
still the same God of providence. Job said his brethren were
like deceitful brooks, but he found his God an overflowing river
of consolation. The Nile is the great confidence of Egypt, but
its floods are variable; our Lord is evermore the same. By
turning the course of the Euphrates, Cyrus took the city of
Babylon, but no power, human or infernal, can divert the current
of divine grace. The tracks of ancient rivers have been found
all dry and desolate, but the streams which take their rise on
the mountains of divine sovereignty and infinite love shall ever
be full to the brim. Generations melt away, but the course of
grace is unaltered. The river of God may sing with greater truth
than the brook in the poem---
"Men may come, and men may go,
But I go on for ever."
How happy art thou, my soul, to be led beside such still waters!
never wander to other streams, lest thou hear the Lord's rebuke,
"What hast thou to do in the way of Egypt to drink of the muddy
river?"