20 JULY (1873)
Fresh grace confidently expected
‘I shall be anointed with fresh oil.’ Psalm 92:10
SUGGESTED FURTHER READING (Spurgeon): Isaiah 40:27–31
Changes are appointed us as long as we are here. Men may promise themselves they shall never see a change, but they are greatly mistaken. David said, ‘I shall never be moved’, but in a very little time he sang another hymn. When I hear brethren so very confident that they shall never doubt again, I am reminded of a story I have heard of the olden times. A young gentleman who had never travelled before went over Hounslow Heath, and was accosted by another gentleman who rode by his side and joined in an interesting conversation. Our friend said at last, ‘I have always been told by my father that this is a very dangerous heath, but the old gentleman was, I think, exceedingly nervous, for we have come all this way without being molested by highwaymen.’ ‘Yes,’ said the other, ‘but now is the time for you to stop and deliver’; and he clapped his pistol to his ear. It often happens, when we say, ‘I shall have no more temptations,’ that our very confidence is in itself a temptation. Yes, there have been times of sore trial, but the Lord has appeared for us. Up to this moment not one good thing has failed of all that the Lord God has promised.
‘Thus far we prove that promise good
Which Jesus ratified with blood.’
We have no fault to find with our God. Jehovah Jireh, the Lord, has provided to this day; in the mount of the Lord shall it be seen. ‘Ebenezer … Hitherto hath the LORD helped us.’ If he has done so up till now, so will he, for he is an unchangeable God; let us be assured that we ‘shall be anointed with fresh oil’.
FOR MEDITATION: (Our Own Hymn Book no.676 v.4—Isaac Watts, 1709)
‘From Thee, the overflowing spring,
Our souls shall drink a fresh supply,
While such as trust their native strength,
Shall melt away, and droop, and die.’
C. H. Spurgeon and Terence Peter Crosby, 365 Days with Spurgeon (Volume 4), (Leominster, UK: Day One Publications, 2007), 212.
20 JULY (1873)
Fresh grace confidently expected
‘I shall be anointed with fresh oil.’ Psalm 92:10
SUGGESTED FURTHER READING (Spurgeon): Isaiah 40:27–31
Changes are appointed us as long as we are here. Men may promise themselves they shall never see a change, but they are greatly mistaken. David said, ‘I shall never be moved’, but in a very little time he sang another hymn. When I hear brethren so very confident that they shall never doubt again, I am reminded of a story I have heard of the olden times. A young gentleman who had never travelled before went over Hounslow Heath, and was accosted by another gentleman who rode by his side and joined in an interesting conversation. Our friend said at last, ‘I have always been told by my father that this is a very dangerous heath, but the old gentleman was, I think, exceedingly nervous, for we have come all this way without being molested by highwaymen.’ ‘Yes,’ said the other, ‘but now is the time for you to stop and deliver’; and he clapped his pistol to his ear. It often happens, when we say, ‘I shall have no more temptations,’ that our very confidence is in itself a temptation. Yes, there have been times of sore trial, but the Lord has appeared for us. Up to this moment not one good thing has failed of all that the Lord God has promised.
‘Thus far we prove that promise good
Which Jesus ratified with blood.’
We have no fault to find with our God. Jehovah Jireh, the Lord, has provided to this day; in the mount of the Lord shall it be seen. ‘Ebenezer … Hitherto hath the LORD helped us.’ If he has done so up till now, so will he, for he is an unchangeable God; let us be assured that we ‘shall be anointed with fresh oil’.
FOR MEDITATION: (Our Own Hymn Book no.676 v.4—Isaac Watts, 1709)
‘From Thee, the overflowing spring,
Our souls shall drink a fresh supply,
While such as trust their native strength,
Shall melt away, and droop, and die.’
C. H. Spurgeon and Terence Peter Crosby, 365 Days with Spurgeon (Volume 4), (Leominster, UK: Day One Publications, 2007), 212.