Morning, April 28
Charles Spurgeon · Morning and Evening: Daily Readings
Psalms 119:49
"Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to
hope."
Psalm 119:49
Whatever your especial need may be, you may readily find some promise
in the Bible suited to it. Are you faint and feeble because your way is
rough and you are weary? Here is the promise--"He giveth power to the
faint." When you read such a promise, take it back to the great
Promiser, and ask him to fulfil his own word. Are you seeking after
Christ, and thirsting for closer communion with him? This promise
shines like a star upon you--"Blessed are they that hunger and thirst
after righteousness, for they shall be filled." Take that promise to
the throne continually; do not plead anything else, but go to God over
and over again with this--"Lord, thou hast said it, do as thou hast
said." Are you distressed because of sin, and burdened with the heavy
load of your iniquities? Listen to these words--"I, even I, am he that
blotteth out thy transgressions, and will no more remember thy sins."
You have no merit of your own to plead why he should pardon you, but
plead his written engagements and he will perform them. Are you afraid
lest you should not be able to hold on to the end, lest, after having
thought yourself a child of God, you should prove a castaway? If that
is your state, take this word of grace to the throne and plead it: "The
mountains may depart, and the hills may be removed, but the covenant of
my love shall not depart from thee." If you have lost the sweet sense
of the Saviour's presence, and are seeking him with a sorrowful heart,
remember the promises: "Return unto me, and I will return unto you;"
"For a small moment have I forsaken thee, but with great mercies will I
gather thee." Banquet your faith upon God's own word, and whatever your
fears or wants, repair to the Bank of Faith with your Father's note of
hand, saying, "Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast
caused me to hope."