Spurgeon: November AM
* 11/26/AM
"Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might."
--Ecclesiastes 9:10
"Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do," refers to works that are
possible . There are many things which our heart findeth to do
which we never shall do. It is well it is in our heart; but if
we would be eminently useful, we must not be content with
forming schemes in our heart, and talking of them; we must
practically carry out " whatsoever our hand findeth to do ." One
good deed is more worth than a thousand brilliant theories. Let
us not wait for large opportunities, or for a different kind of
work, but do just the things we "find to do" day by day. We have
no other time in which to live. The past is gone; the future has
not arrived; we never shall have any time but time present. Then
do not wait until your experience has ripened into maturity
before you attempt to serve God. Endeavour now to bring forth
fruit. Serve God now, but be careful as to the way in which you
perform what you find to do--" do it with thy might ." Do it
promptly ; do not fritter away your life in thinking of what
you intend to do to-morrow as if that could recompense for the
idleness of to-day. No man ever served God by doing things
to-morrow. If we honour Christ and are blessed, it is by the
things which we do to-day . Whatever you do for Christ throw
your whole soul into it. Do not give Christ a little slurred
labour, done as a matter of course now and then; but when you do
serve Him, do it with heart, and soul, and strength.
But where is the might of a Christian? It is not in himself,
for he is perfect weakness. His might lieth in the Lord of
Hosts. Then let us seek His help; let us proceed with prayer and
faith, and when we have done what our "hand findeth to do," let
us wait upon the Lord for His blessing. What we do thus will be
well done, and will not fail in its effect.