DAILY PRAYER (BY SPURGEON)
And if we need anything, O Lord our Provider, may it be seen on the mount that you provide. Bless your people. Many of your servants delight to do your will, but they may be somewhat weary. Lord, refresh them. For this is the rest and refreshing—that we come and feed on Jesus Christ, the heavenly bread.
O Christ Jesus our Lord, you are still mighty to heal, and we are a company who have come together full of sicknesses, sores, and sorrows of all kinds. We would not waste a moment while blessings are so abundant and power to heal is so remarkably present in you. But we would each strive to touch you, if we may, and ask that virtue would come out of you this day, O blessed risen Christ, to heal us of whatever disease we have.
Amen.
VERSE OF THE DAY (COMMENTARY BY SPURGEON)
“He stilled the storm to a whisper, and the waves of the sea were hushed.” (Psalm 107:29)
God reveals his power in the sudden and amazing transformations that occur at his command. He commanded the storm, and now he has brought calm: God is in all natural phenomena, and we should acknowledge his work.
The waves are still. They bow down in silence at his feet. Where huge waves once leaped aloft, there is barely a ripple to be seen. When God brings peace, it is indeed peace — the peace of God that surpasses all understanding. He can instantly change a person’s state of mind, so that it seems like a complete miracle to him that he has gone from a hurricane to calmness so suddenly.
May the Lord work in the heart of the reader in this way if his heart is storm-tossed with external troubles or internal fears. Lord, speak the word and peace will come immediately.
RECOMMENDED RESOURCE
God is patient. It’s time to learn why.
I was so encouraged by this line in today’s prayer: “For this is the rest and refreshing—that we come and feed on Jesus Christ, the heavenly bread.”
We find rest and refreshing at the feet of Jesus. He is everything we need and everything we have ever longed for.
One book that has reminded me afresh of the beauty and the freeness of God’s love is Gentle and Lowly by Dane Ortlund. This book is an absolutely stunning picture of God’s grace to us in Christ. It will fill you up with confidence to know that God will always be patient, because that’s who he is.
I’ve been moved to tears several times while reading this book and seeing the stunningly beautiful and thoroughly biblical picture of Christ’s love for his people. The book is great reading for any sinning and suffering Christian (which is all of us!)
I hope you’ll grab a copy and read it soon. If you haven’t read it yet, please buy a copy today and put it at the top of your reading list for spring or summer. I promise that you won’t regret it!