Weekday Devotion June 2nd

Faith’s Check Book

By Charles H. Spurgeon

 

IMMEDIATE FREEDOM

 

"For now will I break his yoke from off thee, and will burst thy bonds in sunder." Nahum 1:13

 

The Assyrian was allowed for a season to oppress the Lord’s people, but there came a time for his power to be broken. So, many a heart is held in bondage by Satan, and frets sorely under the yoke. Oh, that to such prisoners of hope the word of the Lord may come at once, according to the text, "Now will I break his yoke from off thee, and will burst thy bonds in sunder"!

 

See! the Lord promises a present deliverance: "Now will I break his yoke from off thee." Believe for immediate freedom, and according to thy faith SO shall it be unto thee at this very hour. When God saith "now," let no man say tomorrow.

 

See how complete the rescue is to be; for the yoke is not to be removed, but broken; and the bonds are not to be untied, but burst asunder. Here is a display of divine force which guarantees that the oppressor shall not return. His yoke is broken, we cannot again be bowed down by its weight. His bonds are burst asunder, they can no longer hold us. Oh, to believe in Jesus for complete and everlasting emancipation! "If the Son shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed." Come, Lord, and set free thy captives, according to thy word.

 

Thought’s for the Quiet Hour

A fountain … for sin and for uncleanness

Zechariah 13:1

You that have faith in the Fountain, frequent it. Beware of two errors which are very natural and very disastrous. Beware of thinking any sin too great for it; beware of thinking any sin too small. There is not a sin so little but it may be the germ of everlasting perdition; there is not a sin so enormous but a drop of atoning, blood will wash it away as utterly as if it were drowned in the depths of the sea.

James Hamilton