Spurgeon: November PM
* 11/09/PM
"His place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks: bread
shall be given him; his waters shall be sure."
--Isaiah 33:16
Do you doubt, O Christian, do you doubt as to whether God will
fulfil His promise? Shall the munitions of rock be carried by
storm? O Shall the storehouses of heaven fail? Do you think
that your heavenly Father, though He knoweth that you have need
of food and raiment, will yet forget you? When not a sparrow
falls to the ground without your Father, and the very hairs of
your head are all numbered, will you mistrust and doubt Him?
Perhaps your affliction will continue upon you till you dare to
trust your God, and then it shall end. Full many there be who
have been tried and sore vexed till at last they have been
driven in sheer desperation to exercise faith in God, and the
moment of their faith has been the instant of their deliverance;
they have seen whether God would keep His promise or not. Oh, I
pray you, doubt Him no longer! Please not Satan, and vex not
yourself by indulging any more those hard thoughts of God. Think
it not a light matter to doubt Jehovah. Remember, it is a sin ;
and not a little sin either, but in the highest degree criminal.
The angels never doubted Him, nor the devils either: we alone,
out of all the beings that God has fashioned, dishonour Him by
unbelief, and tarnish His honour by mistrust. Shame upon us for
this! Our God does not deserve to be so basely suspected; in our
past life we have proved Him to be true and faithful to His
word, and with so many instances of His love and of His kindness
as we have received, and are daily receiving, at His hands, it
is base and inexcusable that we suffer a doubt to sojourn within
our heart. May we henceforth wage constant war against doubts of
our God--enemies to our peace and to His honour; and with an
unstaggering faith believe that what He has promised He will
also perform. "Lord, I believe, help Thou mine unbelief."