Morning, January 21

Charles Spurgeon · Morning and Evening: Daily Readings

"And so all Israel shall be saved."

  Romans 11:26

   When Moses sang at the Red Sea, it was his joy to know that all Israel
   were safe. Not a drop of spray fell from that solid wall until the last
   of God's Israel had safely planted his foot on the other side the
   flood. That done, immediately the floods dissolved into their proper
   place again, but not till then. Part of that song was, "Thou in thy
   mercy hast led forth the people which thou hast redeemed." In the last
   time, when the elect shall sing the song of Moses, the servant of God,
   and of the Lamb, it shall be the boast of Jesus, "Of all whom thou hast
   given me, I have lost none." In heaven there shall not be a vacant
   throne.


   "For all the chosen race

   Shall meet around the throne,

   Shall bless the conduct of his grace,

   And make his glories known."

   As many as God hath chosen, as many as Christ hath redeemed, as many as
   the Spirit hath called, as many as believe in Jesus, shall safely cross
   the dividing sea. We are not all safely landed yet:


   "Part of the host have crossed the flood,

   And part are crossing now."

   The vanguard of the army has already reached the shore. We are marching
   through the depths; we are at this day following hard after our Leader
   into the heart of the sea. Let us be of good cheer: the rear-guard
   shall soon be where the vanguard already is; the last of the chosen
   ones shall soon have crossed the sea, and then shall be heard the song
   of triumph, when all are secure. But oh! if one were absent--oh! if one
   of his chosen family should be cast away--it would make an everlasting
   discord in the song of the redeemed, and cut the strings of the harps
   of paradise, so that music could never be extorted from them.