Morning, June 19

Charles Spurgeon · Morning and Evening: Daily Readings

"And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost."

  Acts 2:4

   Rich were the blessings of this day if all of us were filled with the
   Holy Ghost. The consequences of this sacred filling of the soul it
   would be impossible to overestimate. Life, comfort, light, purity,
   power, peace; and many other precious blessings are inseparable from
   the Spirit's benign presence. As sacred oil, he anoints the head of the
   believer, sets him apart to the priesthood of saints, and gives him
   grace to execute his office aright. As the only truly purifying water
   he cleanses us from the power of sin and sanctifies us unto holiness,
   working in us to will and to do of the Lord's good pleasure. As the
   light, he manifested to us at first our lost estate, and now he reveals
   the Lord Jesus to us and in us, and guides us in the way of
   righteousness. Enlightened by his pure celestial ray, we are no more
   darkness but light in the Lord. As fire, he both purges us from dross,
   and sets our consecrated nature on a blaze. He is the sacrificial flame
   by which we are enabled to offer our whole souls as a living sacrifice
   unto God. As heavenly dew, he removes our barrenness and fertilizes our
   lives. O that he would drop from above upon us at this early hour! Such
   morning dew would be a sweet commencement for the day. As the dove,
   with wings of peaceful love he broods over his Church and over the
   souls of believers, and as a Comforter he dispels the cares and doubts
   which mar the peace of his beloved. He descends upon the chosen as upon
   the Lord in Jordan, and bears witness to their sonship by working in
   them a filial spirit by which they cry Abba, Father. As the wind, he
   brings the breath of life to men; blowing where he listeth he performs
   the quickening operations by which the spiritual creation is animated
   and sustained. Would to God, that we might feel his presence this day
   and every day.