Jan. 10
Charles Spurgeon · Faith's Checkbook
DIVINE RECOMPENSE
"He that watereth shall be watered also himself." Prov. 11:25
If I carefully consider others, God will consider me; and in some way
or other He will recompense me. Let me consider the poor, and the Lord
will consider me. Let me look after little children, and the Lord will
treat me as His child. Let me feed His flock, and He will feed me. Let
me water His garden, and He will make a watered garden of my soul. This
is the Lord's own promise; be it mine to fulfill the condition, and
then to expect its fulfillment.
I may care about myself till I grow morbid; I may watch over my own
feelings till I feel nothing; and I may lament my own weakness till I
grow almost too weak to lament. It will be far more profitable for me
to become unselfish, and out of love to my Lord Jesus begin to care for
the souls of those around me. My tank is getting very low; no fresh
rain comes to fill it; what shall I do? I will pull up the plug, and
let its contents run out to water the withering plants around me. What
do I see? My cistern seems to fill as it flows. A secret spring is at
work. While all was stagnant, the fresh spring was sealed; but as my
stock flows out to water others the Lord thinketh upon me. Hallelujah!