[Faith-talk] Sharing a devotion from today

[Poppa Bear]

Hello list, I am sharing a daily devotion that I just read that encouraged
me. I hope that it can do the same for someone else here. C. H Spurgeon,
Morning by Evening.

 

"Now on whom dost thou trust?"-Isaiah 36:5

Reader, this is an important question. Listen to the Christian's answer, and
see if it is yours. "On whom dost thou trust?" "I trust," says the
Christian, "in a triune God. I trust the Father, believing that He has
chosen me from before the foundations of the world; I trust Him to provide
for me in providence, to teach me, to guide me, to correct me if need be,
and to bring me home to His own house where the many mansions are. I trust
the Son. Very God of very God is He-the man Christ Jesus. I trust in Him to
take away all my sins by His own sacrifice, and to adorn me with His perfect
righteousness. I trust Him to be my Intercessor, to present my prayers and
desires before His Father's throne, and I trust Him to be my Advocate at the
last great day, to plead my cause, and to justify me. I trust Him for what
He is, for what He has done, and for what He has promised yet to do. And I
trust the Holy Spirit-He has begun to save me from my inbred sins; I trust
Him to drive them all out; I trust Him to curb my temper, to subdue my will,
to enlighten my understanding, to check my passions, to comfort my
despondency, to help my weakness, to illuminate my darkness; I trust Him to
dwell in me as my life, to reign in me as my King, to sanctify me wholly,
spirit, soul, and body, and then to take me up to dwell with the saints in
light for ever."

Oh, blessed trust! To trust Him whose power will never be exhausted, whose
love will never wane, whose kindness will never change, whose faithfulness
will never fail, whose wisdom will never be nonplussed, and whose perfect
goodness can never know a diminution! Happy art thou, reader, if this trust
is thine! So trusting, thou shalt enjoy sweet peace now, and glory
hereafter, and the foundation of thy trust shall never be removed.