June 26

Charles Spurgeon · Faith's Checkbook

IT WILL NOT BE LONG

   "Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord
   draweth nigh" James 5:8

   The last word in the Canticle of love is, "Make haste, my beloved," and
   among the last words of the Apocalypse we read, "The Spirit and the
   Bride say, Come"; to which the heavenly Bridegroom answers, "Surely I
   come quickly." Love longs for the glorious appearing of the Lord, and
   enjoys this sweet promise -- "The coming of the Lord draweth nigh."
   This stays our minds as to the future. We look out with hope through
   this window.

   This sacred "window of agate" lets in a flood of light upon the
   present, and puts us into fine condition for immediate work or
   suffering. Are we tried? Then the nearness of our joy whispers
   patience. Are we growing weary because we do not see the harvest of our
   seed-sowing? Again this glorious truth cries to us, "Be patient." Do
   our multiplied temptations cause us in the least to waver? Then the
   assurance, that before long the Lord will be here, preaches to us from
   this text, "Stablish your hearts." Be firm, be stable, be constant,
   "stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord." Soon
   will you hear the silver trumpets which announce the coming of your
   King. Be not in the least afraid. Hold the fort, for He is coming; yea,
   He may appear this very day.