DAILY PRAYER (BY SPURGEON)
At this moment vividly is it upon our recollection, how you brought us up out of the “horrible pit” (Psalm 40:3). We remember now the new song which you did put into our mouths, as we found our feet fast on the rock, and our goings established. It is long since then with some of us, but all the way has been strewn with mercies, and we desire this morning to record, “My soul, bless the LORD, and do not forget all his benefits” (Psalm 103:2).
We thank you now in retrospect for the trials which we have endured. Some of us have been brought very low with physical pain and mental weariness, and others have been sore smitten with bereavement, losses and crosses, and persecutions; but there is not one out of all our trials which we could have afforded to have been without. No, Lord, all has been ordered well; every twig of the rod was necessary, and we desire now to thank you that we can see in looking back, how all things have even now worked together for good, though we know we cannot see the end as yet.
Amen.
VERSE OF THE DAY (COMMENTARY BY SPURGEON)
“My soul, bless the LORD, and do not forget all his benefits.” (Psalm 103:2)
Not so much as one of the divine dealings should be forgotten, they are all really beneficial to us, all worthy of himself, and all subjects for praise. Memory is very treacherous about the best things; perverted by the fall, it treasures up the refuse of the past and permits priceless treasures to lie neglected, it is tenacious of grievances and holds benefits all too loosely. It needs spurring to its duty, though that duty ought to be its delight. Observe that he calls all that is within him to remember all the Lord’s benefits. For our task our energies should be suitably called out. God’s all cannot be praised with less than our all.
Reader, have we not cause enough at this time to bless him who blesses us? The name of ungrateful is one of the most shameful that a man can wear; surely we cannot be content to run the risk of such a brand. Let us awake then, and with intense enthusiasm bless the Lord.
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