DAILY PRAYER (BY SPURGEON)
We ask for ourselves that we may grow in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. We long to be confirmed and established in the truth, and in the life of God. We wish to rise higher and higher in the likeness to our Lord, and in the possession of his Spirit. Oh bring us up out of our grave, out of our sins, out of the world, and everything that drags us down. Bring us up into the higher regions of spirituality, and of divine light and power. Oh, be with us our God; give us all the blessings of the Covenant without restraint.
Take care of all sick ones very graciously, and may such as are appointed unto death feel a sweet agreement with the appointment and find heaven begun in their hearts while yet they linger here below. The Lord prosper his own cause throughout the earth. Let the nations be brought to Christ by myriads. May men that now sit in darkness behold great light.
Amen.
VERSE OF THE DAY (COMMENTARY BY SPURGEON)
“Who is like the LORD our God— the one enthroned on high,” (Psalm 113:5)
The challenge will never be answered. None can be compared with him for an instant; Israel’s God is without parallel; our own God in covenant stands alone, and none can be likened unto him. Even those whom he has made like himself in some respects are not like him in godhead, for his divine attributes are many of them incommunicable and inimitable. None of the metaphors and figures by which the Lord is set forth in the Scriptures can give us a complete idea of him: his full resemblance is borne by nothing in earth or in heaven. Only in Jesus is the Godhead seen, but he unhesitatingly declared, “he who has seen me has seen the Father.”
RECOMMENDED RESOURCE
Finding Scripture-saturated hope in the midst of doubt and suffering
For Christians, doubt is often associated with our own experiences of suffering. It is hard to believe in a good and powerful God when we feel so much pain in this broken world.
In the midst of suffering, it is easy to doubt God’s love for us and feel as if he has deserted us. An excellent book to help you find hope and faith through that kind of suffering is Deserted by God? by Sinclair Ferguson.
This book offers several reflections on the Psalms of lament in the Bible, where divinely-inspired authors cried out to God in the midst of their pain.
No matter what trials you are currently going through (or will go through in the future), Deserted by God? will give you the kind of Bible-saturated firm faith you need to endure. I hope you will grab a copy today.