Morning, May 30
Charles Spurgeon · Morning and Evening: Daily Readings
Song of Solomon 2:15
"Take us the foxes, the little foxes that spoil the vines."
Song of Solomon 2:15
A little thorn may cause much suffering. A little cloud may hide the
sun. Little foxes spoil the vines; and little sins do mischief to the
tender heart. These little sins burrow in the soul, and make it so full
of that which is hateful to Christ, that he will hold no comfortable
fellowship and communion with us. A great sin cannot destroy a
Christian, but a little sin can make him miserable. Jesus will not walk
with his people unless they drive out every known sin. He says, "If ye
keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love, even as I have kept my
Father's commandments and abide in his love." Some Christians very
seldom enjoy their Saviour's presence. How is this? Surely it must be
an affliction for a tender child to be separated from his father. Art
thou a child of God, and yet satisfied to go on without seeing thy
Father's face? What! thou the spouse of Christ, and yet content without
his company! Surely, thou hast fallen into a sad state, for the chaste
spouse of Christ mourns like a dove without her mate, when he has left
her. Ask, then, the question, what has driven Christ from thee? He
hides his face behind the wall of thy sins. That wall may be built up
of little pebbles, as easily as of great stones. The sea is made of
drops; the rocks are made of grains: and the sea which divides thee
from Christ may be filled with the drops of thy little sins; and the
rock which has well nigh wrecked thy barque, may have been made by the
daily working of the coral insects of thy little sins. If thou wouldst
live with Christ, and walk with Christ, and see Christ, and have
fellowship with Christ, take heed of "the little foxes that spoil the
vines, for our vines have tender grapes." Jesus invites you to go with
him and take them. He will surely, like Samson, take the foxes at once
and easily. Go with him to the hunting.