Spurgeon: August AM
* 08/12/AM
"The Lord reigneth, let the earth rejoice."
--Psalm 97:1
Causes for disquietude there are none so long as this blessed
sentence is true. On earth the Lord's power as readily
controls the rage of the wicked as the rage of the sea; His love
as easily refreshes the poor with mercy as the earth with
showers. Majesty gleams in flashes of fire amid the tempest's
horrors, and the glory of the Lord is seen in its grandeur in
the fall of empires, and the crash of thrones. In all our
conflicts and tribulations, we may behold the hand of the divine
King.
"God is God; He sees and hears
All our troubles, all our tears.
Soul, forget not, 'mid thy pains,
God o'er all for ever reigns."
In hell , evil spirits own, with misery, His undoubted
supremacy. When permitted to roam abroad, it is with a chain at
their heel; the bit is in the mouth of behemoth, and the hook in
the jaws of leviathan. Death's darts are under the Lord's lock,
and the grave's prisons have divine power as their warder. The
terrible vengeance of the Judge of all the earth makes fiends
cower down and tremble, even as dogs in the kennel fear the
hunter's whip.
"Fear not death, nor Satan's thrusts,
God defends who in Him trusts;
Soul, remember, in thy pains,
God o'er all for ever reigns."
In heaven none doubt the sovereignty of the King Eternal, but
all fall on their faces to do Him homage. Angels are His
courtiers, the redeemed His favourites, and all delight to serve
Him day and night. May we soon reach the city of the great King!
"For this life's long night of sadness
He will give us peace and gladness.
Soul, remember, in thy pains,
God o'er all for ever reigns."