DAILY PRAYER (BY SPURGEON)
We ask, while we stand this morning at the foot of the cross, that we may be crucified with Christ to all the world. Oh that the spear might go through our hearts; that the heart henceforth might be dead to all but Christ. And may hands and feet—the instruments of action and of motion—be fastened to his cross, that we may stray no more, and serve no more the old masters, but may become wholly the Lord’s from now on. We desire, sweet Savior, to feel the power of your death, that we may know the power of your resurrection.
Amen.
VERSE OF THE DAY (COMMENTARY BY SPURGEON)
“Those who sow in tears will reap with shouts of joy.” (Psalm 126:5)
Present distress must not be viewed as if it would last forever: it is not the end, by any means, but only a means to the end. Sorrow is our sowing, rejoicing shall be our reaping. We must sow: we may have to sow in the wet weather of sorrow, but we shall reap, and reap in the bright summer season of joy. Let us keep to the work of this present sowing time, and find strength in the promise which is here so positively given us. Here is one of the Lord’s shalls and wills; it is freely given both to workers, waiters, and weepers, and they may rest assured that it will not fail: “in due season they shall reap.”
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