Morning, May 16
Charles Spurgeon · Morning and Evening: Daily Readings
1 Timothy 6:17
"Who giveth us richly all things to enjoy."
1 Timothy 6:17
Our Lord Jesus is ever giving, and does not for a solitary instant
withdraw his hand. As long as there is a vessel of grace not yet full
to the brim, the oil shall not be stayed. He is a sun ever-shining; he
is manna always falling round the camp; he is a rock in the desert,
ever sending out streams of life from his smitten side; the rain of his
grace is always dropping; the river of his bounty is ever-flowing, and
the well-spring of his love is constantly overflowing. As the King can
never die, so his grace can never fail. Daily we pluck his fruit, and
daily his branches bend down to our hand with a fresh store of mercy.
There are seven feast-days in his weeks, and as many as are the days,
so many are the banquets in his years. Who has ever returned from his
door unblessed? Who has ever risen from his table unsatisfied, or from
his bosom un-emparadised? His mercies are new every morning and fresh
every evening. Who can know the number of his benefits, or recount the
list of his bounties? Every sand which drops from the glass of time is
but the tardy follower of a myriad of mercies. The wings of our hours
are covered with the silver of his kindness, and with the yellow gold
of his affection. The river of time bears from the mountains of
eternity the golden sands of his favour. The countless stars are but as
the standard bearers of a more innumerable host of blessings. Who can
count the dust of the benefits which he bestows on Jacob, or tell the
number of the fourth part of his mercies towards Israel? How shall my
soul extol him who daily loadeth us with benefits, and who crowneth us
with loving-kindness? O that my praise could be as ceaseless as his
bounty! O miserable tongue, how canst thou be silent? Wake up, I pray
thee, lest I call thee no more my glory, but my shame. "Awake, psaltery
and harp: I myself will awake right early."