Morning, July 21

Charles Spurgeon · Morning and Evening: Daily Readings

"The daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee."

  Isaiah 37:22

   Reassured by the Word of the Lord, the poor trembling citizens of Zion
   grew bold, and shook their heads at Sennacherib's boastful threats.
   Strong faith enables the servants of God to look with calm contempt
   upon their most haughty foes. We know that our enemies are attempting
   impossibilities. They seek to destroy the eternal life, which cannot
   die while Jesus lives; to overthrow the citadel, against which the
   gates of hell shall not prevail. They kick against the pricks to their
   own wounding, and rush upon the bosses of Jehovah's buckler to their
   own hurt.

   We know their weakness. What are they but men? And what is man but a
   worm? They roar and swell like waves of the sea, foaming out their own
   shame. When the Lord ariseth, they shall fly as chaff before the wind,
   and be consumed as crackling thorns. Their utter powerlessness to do
   damage to the cause of God and his truth, may make the weakest soldiers
   in Zion's ranks laugh them to scorn.

   Above all, we know that the Most High is with us, and when he dresses
   himself in arms, where are his enemies? If he cometh forth from his
   place, the potsherds of the earth will not long contend with their
   Maker. His rod of iron shall dash them in pieces like a potter's
   vessel, and their very remembrance shall perish from the earth. Away,
   then, all fears, the kingdom is safe in the King's hands. Let us shout
   for joy, for the Lord reigneth, and his foes shall be as straw for the
   dunghill.


   "As true as God's own word is true;

   Nor earth, nor hell, with all their crew,

   Against us shall prevail.

   A jest, and by-word, are they grown;

   God is with us, we are his own,

   Our victory cannot fail."