DAILY PRAYER (BY SPURGEON)
The Lord grant that we may all have not only faith in Christ, but full assurance of faith, whereby we shall trust, for the present and for the future, everything in those dear hands that were nailed to the cross for us. Help your children to perform an act of faith today, by leaving all their troubles behind and coming close to their Lord.
He has sweat great drops for us, and now you bid your own children to cease therefrom, even as of old you called the priests to wear no garment that caused sweat, because they were to find rest in your service, and peace in the performance of their holy duties. Even so, may your people find rest.
Amen.
VERSE OF THE DAY (COMMENTARY BY SPURGEON)
“Therefore, a Sabbath rest remains for God’s people.” (Hebrews 4:9)
Ah! Christian, the hot day of weariness does not last forever; the sun is nearing the horizon; it shall rise again with a brighter day than you have ever seen upon a land where they serve God day and night, and yet rest from their labors.
Here, rest is but partial, there, it is perfect. Here, the Christian is always unsettled; he feels that he has not yet attained. There, all are at rest; they have attained the summit of the mountain; they have ascended to the bosom of their God. Higher they cannot go. Happy day! Happy! When mortality shall be swallowed up of life, and the Eternal Sabbath shall begin.
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