Evening, April 14
Charles Spurgeon · Morning and Evening: Daily Readings
Isaiah 3:10
"Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him."
Isaiah 3:10
It is well with the righteous always. If it had said, "Say ye to the
righteous, that it is well with him in his prosperity," we must have
been thankful for so great a boon, for prosperity is an hour of peril,
and it is a gift from heaven to be secured from its snares: or if it
had been written, "It is well with him when under persecution," we must
have been thankful for so sustaining an assurance, for persecution is
hard to bear; but when no time is mentioned, all time is included.
God's "shalls" must be understood always in their largest sense. From
the beginning of the year to the end of the year, from the first
gathering of evening shadows until the day-star shines, in all
conditions and under all circumstances, it shall be well with the
righteous. It is so well with him that we could not imagine it to be
better, for he is well fed, he feeds upon the flesh and blood of Jesus;
he is well clothed, he wears the imputed righteousness of Christ; he is
well housed, he dwells in God; he is well married, his soul is knit in
bonds of marriage union to Christ; he is well provided for, for the
Lord is his Shepherd; he is well endowed, for heaven is his
inheritance. It is well with the righteous--well upon divine authority;
the mouth of God speaks the comforting assurance. O beloved, if God
declares that all is well, ten thousand devils may declare it to be
ill, but we laugh them all to scorn. Blessed be God for a faith which
enables us to believe God when the creatures contradict him. It is,
says the Word, at all times well with thee, thou righteous one; then,
beloved, if thou canst not see it, let God's word stand thee in stead
of sight; yea, believe it on divine authority more confidently than if
thine eyes and thy feelings told it to thee. Whom God blesses is blest
indeed, and what his lip declares is truth most sure and steadfast.