July 10
Charles Spurgeon · Faith's Checkbook
LOVE THE CHURCH
"Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favor her,
yea, the set time, is come. For thy servants take pleasure in her
stones, and favor the dust thereof." Ps. 102:13, 14
Yes, our prayers for the church will be heard. The set time is come. We
love the prayer meeting, and the Sunday school, and all the services of
the Lord's house. We are bound in heart to all the people of God, and
can truly say, "There's not a lamb in all thy flock I would disdain to
feed; There's not a foe before whose face I'd fear thy cause to plead."
If this is the general feeling, we shall soon enjoy times of refreshing
from the presence of the Lord. Our assemblies will be filled, saints
will be revived, and sinners will be converted. This can only come of
the Lord's mercy; but it will come, and we are called upon to expect
it. The time, the set time, is come. Let us bestir ourselves. Let us
love every stone of our Zion, even though it may be fallen down. Let us
treasure up the least truth, the least ordinance, the least believer,
even though some may despise them as only so much dust. When we favor
Zion, God is about to favor her. When we take pleasure in the Lord's
work, the Lord Himself will take pleasure in it.