DAILY PRAYER (BY SPURGEON)
Bless this country, we pray: and we lift up again the voice of earnest prayer that peace may not be broken. Oh, let bloodshed end; may it please you to send wisdom to the leaders of all nations, that by some means this dreadful calamity may be brought to an end.
May he come who will end all danger of war, even the Prince of Peace himself, in whose days shall the righteous flourish, and abundance of peace so long as the moon endures. The Lord hear us now; and forgive, and answer, and bless, according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus: and unto Israel’s one God, revealed to us in the Trinity of Mystic Persons, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, be glory by Christ Jesus.
Amen.
VERSE OF THE DAY (COMMENTARY BY SPURGEON)
“On that day the root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples. The nations will look to him for guidance, and his resting place will be glorious.” (Isaiah 11:10)
He is the King of the Jews, but he is also our King. We must always look to Christ as the great standard bearer of all the hosts of God, pitch our tents as near his banner as we can, and constantly follow where his banner leads the way. The glory of his rest is in harmony with the glory of all he has ever done. Rest is most enjoyable to the one who has toiled the hardest; the labor that has gone before has prepared him for the sweetness of the rest.
And the glory of Christ’s rest lies in what he has passed through in order to obtain it. He himself is glorious. His service and his suffering were both glorious. His death was in the truest sense glorious, and now all the rest that has followed his finished work is glorious in the highest degree.
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Find peace in trying times*
We’re living in a really challenging time — our own country was already feeling divided and now we’re seeing images of horror come across our screens from Afghanistan. Not to mention all of the factors in our own personal lives that cause us anxiety.
We all need rest.
And true rest — true peace, lasting peace — is only found in Jesus Christ.
A great way to start cultivating that kind of rest and peace in your own life is to think more about heaven and the glorious future that Christ has guaranteed for his people. And a great resource to help you set your sights on heaven and find lasting peace for this life is The Believers’ Eternal Rest by Richard Baxter.
There’s a new updated audio edition of The Believers’ Eternal Rest available from my friends at Goodwill Audio. This is an incredible resource and I know that it will help you think more of heaven and find more peace in this life.
I hope you’ll grab the audiobook and look forward to the gracious, glorious future God has purchased for you in Christ.