Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Faith's Check Book, Daily
Entry
C. H. Spurgeon
It Will Not Be Long
Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the
coming of the Lord draweth nigh. (James 5:8)
The last
word in the Canticle of love is, "Make haste, my beloved," and among
the last words of the Apocalypse we read, "The Spirit and the Bride say,
Come"; to which the heavenly Bridegroom answers, "Surely I come
quickly." Love longs for the glorious appearing of the Lord and enjoys
this sweet promise-"The coming of the Lord draweth nigh." This stays
our minds as to the future. We look out with hope through this window.
This
sacred "window of agate" lets in a flood of light upon the present
and puts us into fine condition for immediate work or suffering. Are we tired?
Then the nearness of our joy whispers patience. Are we growing weary because we
do not see the harvest of our seed-sowing? Again this glorious truth cries to
us, "Be patient." Do our multiplied temptations cause us in the least
to waver? Then the assurance that before long the Lord will be here preaches to
us from this text, "Stablish your hearts." Be firm, be stable, be
constant, "stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the
Lord." Soon will you hear the silver trumpet which announces the coming of
your King. Be not in the least afraid. Hold the fort, for He is coming; yea, He
may appear this very day.
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