Morning, January 9
Charles Spurgeon · Morning and Evening: Daily Readings
Jeremiah 31:33
"I will be their God."
Jeremiah 31:33
Christian! here is all thou canst require. To make thee happy thou
wantest something that shall satisfy thee; and is not this enough? If
thou canst pour this promise into thy cup, wilt thou not say, with
David, "My cup runneth over; I have more than heart can wish"? When
this is fulfilled, "I am thy God", art thou not possessor of all
things? Desire is insatiable as death, but he who filleth all in all
can fill it. The capacity of our wishes who can measure? But the
immeasurable wealth of God can more than overflow it. I ask thee if
thou art not complete when God is thine? Dost thou want anything but
God? Is not his all-sufficiency enough to satisfy thee if all else
should fail? But thou wantest more than quiet satisfaction; thou
desirest rapturous delight. Come, soul, here is music fit for heaven in
this thy portion, for God is the Maker of Heaven. Not all the music
blown from sweet instruments, or drawn from living strings, can yield
such melody as this sweet promise, "I will be their God." Here is a
deep sea of bliss, a shoreless ocean of delight; come, bathe thy spirit
in it; swim an age, and thou shalt find no shore; dive throughout
eternity, and thou shalt find no bottom. "I will be their God." If this
do not make thine eyes sparkle, and thy heart beat high with bliss,
then assuredly thy soul is not in a healthy state. But thou wantest
more than present delights--thou cravest something concerning which
thou mayest exercise hope; and what more canst thou hope for than the
fulfilment of this great promise, "I will be their God"? This is the
masterpiece of all the promises; its enjoyment makes a heaven below,
and will make a heaven above. Dwell in the light of thy Lord, and let
thy soul be always ravished with his love. Get out the marrow and
fatness which this portion yields thee. Live up to thy privileges, and
rejoice with unspeakable joy.