Dec. 3
Charles Spurgeon · Faith's Checkbook
PEACE WHATEVER EXPOSURE
"I will make them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil beasts
to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the
wilderness, and sleep in the woods" Ezek. 34:25
It is the height of grace that Jehovah should be in covenant with man,
a feeble, sinful and dying creature. Yet the Lord has solemnly entered
into a faithful compact with us, and from that covenant He will never
turn aside. In virtue of this covenant we are safe. As lions and wolves
are driven off by shepherds, so shall all noxious influences be chased
away. The Lord will give us rest from disturbers and destroyers; the
evil beasts shall cease out of the land. O Lord, make this thy promise
good even now!
The Lord's people are to enjoy security in places of the greatest
exposure: wildernesses and woods are to be as pastures and folds to the
flock of Christ. If the Lord does not change the place for the better,
He will make us the better in the place. The wilderness is not a place
to dwell in, but the Lord can make it so; in the woods one feels bound
to watch rather than to sleep, and yet the Lord giveth His beloved
sleep even there. Nothing without or within should cause any fear to
the child of God. By faith the wilderness can become the suburbs of
Heaven, and the woods the vestibule of glory.