Oct. 7
Charles Spurgeon · Faith's Checkbook
ALWAYS FIRST IN FELLOWSHIP
"He goeth before you into Galilee; there shall ye see him, as he said
unto you." Mark 16:7
Where He appointed to meet His disciples, there He would be in due
time. Jesus keeps His tryst. If He promises to meet us at the
mercy-seat, or in public worship, or in the ordinances, we may depend
upon it that He will be there. We may wickedly stay away from the
appointed meeting-place, but He never does. He says, "Where two or
three are met together in my name, there am I"; he says not "There will
I be," but, "I am there already."
Jesus is always first in fellowship: "He goeth before you." His heart
is with His people, His delight is in them, He is never slow to meet
them. In all fellowship, He goeth before us.
But he reveals Himself to those who come after Him: "There shall ye see
him." Joyful sight! We care not to see the greatest of mere men, but to
see HIM is to be filled with joy and peace. And we shall see Him, for
He promises to come to those who believe in Him, and to manifest
Himself to them. Rest assured that it will be so, for He does
everything according to His word of promise: "As he said unto you."
Catch at those last words, and be assured that to the end He will do
for you "as he said unto you."