DAILY PRAYER (BY SPURGEON)
If you have prospered any among us who may have grown rich, and have forgotten the God who gave them everything; or if you have brought any into poverty, and in their poverty they have not acted as they should; or if you have left any brother to his own heart, and he has found out that he is a fool; if any of us have grieved you; oh, lay not this sin to the charge of your church, and lay it not to the charge of the offender either, but let a sweet forgiveness be bestowed, let a restoration be granted by your Spirit, and let the church be right with God. Oh, how we pray for this!
Amen.
VERSE OF THE DAY (COMMENTARY BY SPURGEON)
“I know how to make do with little, and I know how to make do with a lot. In any and all circumstances I have learned the secret of being content—whether well fed or hungry, whether in abundance or in need.” (Philippians 4:12)
These are two grand things to learn. There are some who know the first, but who do not know the second. I have known several of God’s children who seemed quite eminent for piety when they were abased, but they were never worth anything after they grew rich. They did not know how to abound; they became top-lofty, and far too great for their place.
It was not so with the apostle. When he had much, he knew how to use it. He had asked of God that he might be kept humble—that when he had a full sail he might have plenty of ballast; that when his cup ran over he might not let it run to waste; that in his time of plenty he might be ready to give to those that needed; and that as a faithful steward he might hold all he had at the disposal of his Lord. This is divine learning.
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