Spurgeon: December AM
* 12/12/AM
"His ways are everlasting."
--Habakkuk 3:6
What He hath done at one time, He will do yet again. Man's
ways are variable, but God's ways are everlasting. There are
many reasons for this most comforting truth: among them are the
following--the Lord's ways are the result of wise
deliberation ; He ordereth all things according to the counsel
of His own will. Human action is frequently the hasty result of
passion, or fear, and is followed by regret and alteration; but
nothing can take the Almighty by surprise, or happen otherwise
than He has foreseen. His ways are the outgrowth of an
immutable character , and in them the fixed and settled
attributes of God are clearly to be seen. Unless the Eternal One
Himself can undergo change, His ways, which are Himself in
action, must remain for ever the same. Is He eternally just,
gracious, faithful, wise, tender?--then His ways must ever be
distinguished for the same excellences. Beings act according to
their nature: when those natures change, their conduct varies
also; but since God cannot know the shadow of a turning, His
ways will abide everlastingly the same. Moreover there is no
reason from without which could reverse the divine ways, since
they are the embodiment of irresistible might . The earth is
said, by the prophet, to be cleft with rivers, mountains
tremble, the deep lifts up its hands, and sun and moon stand
still, when Jehovah marches forth for the salvation of His
people. Who can stay His hand, or say unto Him, What doest Thou?
But it is not might alone which gives stability; God's ways are
the manifestation of the eternal principles of right , and
therefore can never pass away. Wrong breeds decay and involves
ruin, but the true and the good have about them a vitality which
ages cannot diminish.
This morning let us go to our heavenly Father with
confidence, remembering that Jesus Christ is the same yesterday,
to-day, and for ever, and in Him the Lord is ever gracious to
His people.