March 8
Charles Spurgeon · Faith's Checkbook
OUR SUBSTANCE BLESSED
"Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store" Deut. 28:5
Obedience brings a blessing on all the provisions which our industry
earns for us. That which comes in and goes out at once, like fruit in
the basket which is for immediate use, shall be blest; and that which
is laid by with us for a longer season shall equally receive a
blessing. Perhaps ours is a handbasket portion. We have a little for
breakfast, and a scanty bite for dinner in a basket when we go out to
do our work in the morning. This is well, for the blessing of God is
promised to the basket. If we live from hand to mouth, getting each
day's supply in the day, we are as well off as Israel; for when the
Lord entertained His favored people He only gave them a day's manna at
a time. What more did they need? What more do we need?
But if we have a store, how much we need the Lord to bless it! For
there is the care of getting, the care of keeping, the care of
managing, the care of using; and, unless the Lord bless it, these cares
will eat into our hearts, till our goods become our gods, and our cares
prove cankers.
O Lord, bless our substance. Enable us to use it for thy glory. Help us
to keep worldly things in their proper places, and never may our
savings endanger the saving of our souls.