Saturday, June 16, 2012
Faith's Check Book, Daily
Entry
C. H. Spurgeon
Possess, Not Only Profess
For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he
shall have more abundance. (Matthew 13:12)
When the
Lord has given to a man much grace, He will give him more. A little faith is a
nest egg; more faith will come to it. But then it must not be seeming faith,
but real and true. What a necessity is laid upon us to make sure work in
religion and not to profess much, and possess nothing! For one of these days
the very profession will be taken from us, if that be all we have. The
threatening is as true as the promise.
Blessed
be the Lord, it is His way when He has once made a beginning to go on bestowing
the graces of His Spirit, till He who had but little, and yet truly had that
little, is made to have abundance. Oh, for that abundance! Abundance of grace
is a thing to be coveted, It would be well to know much but better to love
much. It would be delightful to have abundance of skill to serve God but better
still to have abundance of faith to trust in the Lord for skill and everything.
Lord,
since Thou hast given me a sense of sin, deepen my hatred of evil. Since Thou
hast caused me to trust Jesus, raise my faith to full assurance. Since Thou
hast made me to love Thee, cause me to be carried away with vehement affection
for Thee!
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