Jan. 30
Charles Spurgeon · Faith's Checkbook
A HEAVENLY ESCORT
"And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither
thou goest." Gen. 28:15
Do we need journeying mercies? Here are choice ones -- God's presence
and preservation. In all places we need both of these, and in all
places we shall have them if we go at the call of duty, and not merely
according to our own fancy. Why should we look upon removal to another
country as a sorrowful necessity when it is laid upon us by the divine
will? In all lands the believer is equally a pilgrim and a stranger;
and yet in every region the Lord is His dwellingplace, even as He has
been to His saints in all generations. We may miss the protection of an
earthly monarch, but when God says, "I will keep thee," we are in no
real danger. This is a blessed passport for a traveler, and a heavenly
escort for an emigrant.
Jacob had never left his father's room before: he had been a mother's
boy, and not an adventurer like his brother. Yet he went abroad, and
God went with him. He had little luggage, and no attendants; yet no
prince ever journeyed with a nobler bodyguard. Even while he slept in
the open field, angels watched over him, and the Lord God spoke to him.
If the Lord bids us go, let us say with our Lord Jesus, "Arise, let us
go hence."