Spurgeon's Morning and Evening Devotions
For the morning of May 16thby Charles H. Spurgeon
"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."
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