Morning, December 12

Charles Spurgeon · Morning and Evening: Daily Readings

"His ways are everlasting."

  Habakkuk 3:6

   What he hath done at one time, he will do yet again. Man's ways are
   variable, but God's ways are everlasting. There are many reasons for
   this most comforting truth: among them are the following--the Lord's
   ways are the result of wise deliberation; he ordereth all things
   according to the counsel of his own will. Human action is frequently
   the hasty result of passion, or fear, and is followed by regret and
   alteration; but nothing can take the Almighty by surprise, or happen
   otherwise than he has foreseen. His ways are the outgrowth of an
   immutable character, and in them the fixed and settled attributes of
   God are clearly to be seen. Unless the Eternal One himself can undergo
   change, his ways, which are himself in action, must remain forever the
   same. Is he eternally just, gracious, faithful, wise, tender?--then his
   ways must ever be distinguished for the same excellences. Beings act
   according to their nature: when those natures change, their conduct
   varies also; but since God cannot know the shadow of a turning, his
   ways will abide everlastingly the same. Moreover there is no reason
   from without which could reverse the divine ways, since they are the
   embodiment of irresistible might. The earth is said, by the prophet, to
   be cleft with rivers, mountains tremble, the deep lifts up its hands,
   and sun and moon stand still, when Jehovah marches forth for the
   salvation of his people. Who can stay his hand, or say unto him, What
   doest thou? But it is not might alone which gives stability; God's ways
   are the manifestation of the eternal principles of right, and therefore
   can never pass away. Wrong breeds decay and involves ruin, but the true
   and the good have about them a vitality which ages cannot diminish.

   This morning let us go to our heavenly Father with confidence,
   remembering that Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and
   forever, and in him the Lord is ever gracious to his people.