Spurgeon: November PM
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"Strengthen, O God, that which thou hast wrought for us."
--Psalm 68:28
It is our wisdom, as well as our necessity, to beseech God
continually to strengthen that which He has wrought in us. It is
because of their neglect in this, that many Christians may blame
themselves for those trials and afflictions of spirit which
arise from unbelief. It is true that Satan seeks to flood the
fair garden of the heart and make it a scene of desolation, but
it is also true that many Christians leave open the sluice-gates
themselves, and let in the dreadful deluge through carelessness
and want of prayer to their strong Helper. We often forget that
the Author of our faith must be the Preserver of it also. The
lamp which was burning in the temple was never allowed to go
out, but it had to be daily replenished with fresh oil; in like
manner, our faith can only live by being sustained with the oil
of grace, and we can only obtain this from God Himself. Foolish
virgins we shall prove, if we do not secure the needed
sustenance for our lamps. He who built the world upholds it, or
it would fall in one tremendous crash; He who made us Christians
must maintain us by His Spirit, or our ruin will be speedy and
final. Let us, then, evening by evening, go to our Lord for the
grace and strength we need. We have a strong argument to plead,
for it is His own work of grace which we ask Him to
strengthen--" that which Thou hast wrought for us ." Think you
He will fail to protect and sustain that? Only let your faith
take hold of His strength, and all the powers of darkness, led
on by the master fiend of hell, cannot cast a cloud or shadow
over your joy and peace. Why faint when you may be strong? Why
suffer defeat when you may conquer? Oh! take your wavering
faith and drooping graces to Him who can revive and replenish
them, and earnestly pray, "Strengthen, O God, that which thou
hast wrought for us."