Evening, June 22
Charles Spurgeon · Morning and Evening: Daily Readings
Hebrews 12:27
"That those things which cannot be shaken may remain."
Hebrews 12:27
We have many things in our possession at the present moment which can
be shaken, and it ill becomes a Christian man to set much store by
them, for there is nothing stable beneath these rolling skies; change
is written upon all things. Yet, we have certain "things which cannot
be shaken," and I invite you this evening to think of them, that if the
things which can be shaken should all be taken away, you may derive
real comfort from the things that cannot be shaken, which will remain.
Whatever your losses have been, or may be, you enjoy present salvation.
You are standing at the foot of his cross, trusting alone in the merit
of Jesus' precious blood, and no rise or fall of the markets can
interfere with your salvation in him; no breaking of banks, no failures
and bankruptcies can touch that. Then you are a child of God this
evening. God is your Father. No change of circumstances can ever rob
you of that. Although by losses brought to poverty, and stripped bare,
you can say, "He is my Father still. In my Father's house are many
mansions; therefore will I not be troubled." You have another permanent
blessing, namely, the love of Jesus Christ. He who is God and Man loves
you with all the strength of his affectionate nature--nothing can
affect that. The fig tree may not blossom, and the flocks may cease
from the field, it matters not to the man who can sing, "My Beloved is
mine, and I am his." Our best portion and richest heritage we cannot
lose. Whatever troubles come, let us play the man; let us show that we
are not such little children as to be cast down by what may happen in
this poor fleeting state of time. Our country is Immanuel's land, our
hope is above the sky, and therefore, calm as the summer's ocean; we
will see the wreck of everything earthborn, and yet rejoice in the God
of our salvation.