Saturday, June 09, 2012
Faith's Check Book, Daily
Entry
C. H. Spurgeon
A Trustworthy Name
I will also leave in the midst of thee an afflicted
and poor people, and they shall trust in the name of the Lord. (Zephaniah 3:12)
When true
religion is ready to die out among the wealthy it finds a home among the poor
of this world, rich in faith. The Lord has even now His faithful remnant. Am I
one of them?
Perhaps
it is because men are afflicted and poor that they learn to trust in the name
of the Lord. He that hath no money must try what he can do on trust. He whose
own name is good for nothing in his own esteem, acts wisely to rest in another
name, even that best of names, the name of Jehovah. God wilt always have a
trusting people, and these will be an afflicted and poor people. Little as the
world thinks of them, their being left in the midst of a nation is the channel
of untold blessings to it. Here we have the conserving salt which keeps in
check the corruption which is in the world through lust.
Again the
question comes home to each one of us. Am I one of them? Am I afflicted by the
sin within me and around me? Am I poor in spirit, poor spiritually in my own
judgment? Do I trust in the Lord? This is the main business. Jesus reveals the
name, the character, the person of God; am I trusting in Him? If so, I am left
in this world for a purpose. Lord, help me to fulfill it.
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