Spurgeon: December AM
* 12/19/AM
"The lot is cast into the lap, but the whole disposing thereof
is of the Lord."
--Proverbs 16:33
If the disposal of the lot is the Lord's whose is the
arrangement of our whole life? If the a simple casting of a lot
is guided by Him, how much more the events of our entire
life--especially when we are told by our blessed Saviour: "The
very hairs of your head are all numbered: not a sparrow falleth
to the ground without your Father." It would bring a holy calm
over your mind, dear friend, if you were always to remember
this. It would so relieve your mind from anxiety, that you would
be the better able to walk in patience, quiet, and cheerfulness
as a Christian should. When a man is anxious he cannot pray with
faith; when he is troubled about the world, he cannot serve his
Master, his thoughts are serving himself. If you would "seek
first the kingdom of God and His righteousness," all things
would then be added unto you. You are meddling with Christ's
business, and neglecting your own when you fret about your lot
and circumstances. You have been trying "providing" work and
forgetting that it is yours to obey. Be wise and attend to the
obeying, and let Christ manage the providing. Come and survey
your Father's storehouse, and ask whether He will let you starve
while He has laid up so great an abundance in His garner? Look
at His heart of mercy; see if that can ever prove unkind! Look
at His inscrutable wisdom; see if that will ever be at fault.
Above all, look up to Jesus Christ your Intercessor, and ask
yourself, while He pleads, can your Father deal ungraciously
with you? If He remembers even sparrows, will He forget one of
the least of His poor children? "Cast thy burden upon the Lord,
and He will sustain thee. He will never suffer the righteous to
be moved."
My soul, rest happy in thy low estate,
Nor hope nor wish to be esteem'd or great;
To take the impress of the Will Divine,
Be that thy glory, and those riches thine.