Morning, March 13

Charles Spurgeon · Morning and Evening: Daily Readings

"Why sit we here until we die?"

  2 Kings 7:3

   Dear reader, this little book was mainly intended for the edification
   of believers, but if you are yet unsaved, our heart yearns over you:
   and we would fain say a word which may be blessed to you. Open your
   Bible, and read the story of the lepers, and mark their position, which
   was much the same as yours. If you remain where you are you must
   perish; if you go to Jesus you can but die. "Nothing venture, nothing
   win," is the old proverb, and in your case the venture is no great one.
   If you sit still in sullen despair, no one can pity you when your ruin
   comes; but if you die with mercy sought, if such a thing were possible,
   you would be the object of universal sympathy. None escape who refuse
   to look to Jesus; but you know that, at any rate, some are saved who
   believe in him, for certain of your own acquaintances have received
   mercy: then why not you? The Ninevites said, "Who can tell?" Act upon
   the same hope, and try the Lord's mercy. To perish is so awful, that if
   there were but a straw to catch at, the instinct of self-preservation
   should lead you to stretch out your hand. We have thus been talking to
   you on your own unbelieving ground, we would now assure you, as from
   the Lord, that if you seek him he will be found of you. Jesus casts out
   none who come unto him. You shall not perish if you trust him; on the
   contrary, you shall find treasure far richer than the poor lepers
   gathered in Syria's deserted camp. May the Holy Spirit embolden you to
   go at once, and you shall not believe in vain. When you are saved
   yourself, publish the good news to others. Hold not your peace; tell
   the King's household first, and unite with them in fellowship; let the
   porter of the city, the minister, be informed of your discovery, and
   then proclaim the good news in every place. The Lord save thee ere the
   sun goes down this day.