DAILY PRAYER (BY SPURGEON)
Now this morning be pleased to refresh us. Draw near unto us, gracious God: it is only your presence that can make us happy, holy, devout, or strong. Shadow us now with your wings, cover us with your feathers, and under your wings may we trust. May we follow you very closely, and so feel the quickening warmth, the joy which only your nearness can bring.
The Lord bless us now, and all his chosen people. Our soul cries out for it. Break, O everlasting morning, break over the dark hills! Let our eyes behold you, and till the day break and the shadows flee away, abide with us, O our Beloved, abide with us now
Amen.
VERSE OF THE DAY (COMMENTARY BY SPURGEON)
“Be gracious to me, God, be gracious to me, for I take refuge in you. I will seek refuge in the shadow of your wings until danger passes.” (Psalm 57:1)
What a mixture of feebleness and strength there is in this verse—the feebleness so beautified by being clothed with the strength of faith! What a turning away from man and what a turning wholly unto the Lord! And, in coming to the Lord, what humility and what pleading for mercy, and for mercy only!
And what joyous confidence and what sweet rest in God! “If I cannot see the brightness of your face, the shadow of your wings will be enough for me. Only let me get near you—only permit me humbly to trust you, and it will be enough for me, ‘until these calamities pass.’”
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