Morning, February 15

Charles Spurgeon · Morning and Evening: Daily Readings

"To him be glory both now and forever."

  2 Peter 3:18

   Heaven will be full of the ceaseless praises of Jesus. Eternity! thine
   unnumbered years shall speed their everlasting course, but forever and
   forever, "to him be glory." Is he not a "Priest forever after the order
   of Melchizedek?" "To him be glory." Is he not king forever?--King of
   kings and Lord of lords, the everlasting Father? "To him be glory
   forever." Never shall his praises cease. That which was bought with
   blood deserves to last while immortality endures. The glory of the
   cross must never be eclipsed; the lustre of the grave and of the
   resurrection must never be dimmed. O Jesus! thou shalt be praised
   forever. Long as immortal spirits live--long as the Father's throne
   endures--forever, forever, unto thee shall be glory. Believer, you are
   anticipating the time when you shall join the saints above in ascribing
   all glory to Jesus; but are you glorifying him now? The apostle's words
   are, "To him be glory both now and forever." Will you not this day make
   it your prayer? "Lord, help me to glorify thee; I am poor; help me to
   glorify thee by contentment; I am sick; help me to give thee honour by
   patience; I have talents; help me to extol thee by spending them for
   thee; I have time; Lord, help me to redeem it, that I may serve thee; I
   have a heart to feel; Lord, let that heart feel no love but thine, and
   glow with no flame but affection for thee; I have a head to think;
   Lord, help me to think of thee and for thee; thou hast put me in this
   world for something; Lord, show me what that is, and help me to work
   out my life-purpose: I cannot do much; but as the widow put in her two
   mites, which were all her living, so, Lord, I cast my time and eternity
   too into thy treasury; I am all thine; take me, and enable me to
   glorify thee now, in all that I say, in all that I do, and with all
   that I have."