Spurgeon: November AM
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"The glorious Lord will be unto us a place of broad rivers and
streams."
--Isaiah 33:21
Broad rivers and streams produce fertility, and abundance in
the land. Places near broad rivers are remarkable for the
variety of their plants and their plentiful harvests. God is all
this to His Church. Having God she has abundance . What can she
ask for that He will not give her? What want can she mention
which He will not supply? "In this mountain shall the Lord of
Hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things." Want ye the
bread of life? It drops like manna from the sky. Want ye
refreshing streams? The rock follows you, and that Rock is
Christ. If you suffer any want it is your own fault; if you are
straitened you are not straitened in Him, but in your own
bowels. Broad rivers and streams also point to commerce . Our
glorious Lord is to us a place of heavenly merchandize. Through
our Redeemer we have commerce with the past; the wealth of
Calvary, the treasures of the covenant, the riches of the
ancient days of election, the stores of eternity, all come to us
down the broad stream of our gracious Lord. We have commerce,
too, with the future. What galleys, laden to the water's edge,
come to us from the millennium! What visions we have of the days
of heaven upon earth! Through our glorious Lord we have commerce
with angels; communion with the bright spirits washed in blood,
who sing before the throne; nay, better still, we have
fellowship with the Infinite One. Broad rivers and streams are
specially intended to set forth the idea of security . Rivers
were of old a defence. Oh! beloved, what a defence is God to His
Church! The devil cannot cross this broad river of God. How he
wishes he could turn the current, but fear not, for God abideth
immutably the same. Satan may worry, but he cannot destroy us;
no galley with oars shall invade our river, neither shall
gallant ship pass thereby.