A personal record

The road is difficult. Some days are better than others, while there are some moments when I feel like I cant survive another second - Yet time will always show how amazing God's grace is, that it is sufficient for every believer, and for every son or daughter born again of Jesus Christ grace will not only get us through the storms of life....but will lead and guide us to our ultimate destination. Grace.

Another couple of short devotions taken from Spurgeon's "The Chequebook of the Bank of Faith." Once again I feel as if the verses and the writings of Spurgeon were written just for me. Im determined to make note of these things as often as possible. Marching on the path I go, continuing to move forward...my only true source of nourishment being the Word of God...I need it...I long for it...its the only way I can take another step...

Lord, I believe. Help my unbelief. Let the hearing of Your Word, be mixed with faith always...



NOVEMBER 26

“Your sorrow shall be turned into joy.”
John 16:20.




THEIR particular sorrow was the death and absence of their Lord, and it was turned into joy when he rose from the dead and showed himself in their midst. All the sorrows of saints shall be thus transmuted; even the worst of them, which look as if they must for ever remain fountains of bitterness.
Then the more sorrow the more joy. If we have loads of sorrow, then the Lord’s power will turn them into tons of joy. Then the bitterer the trouble the sweeter the pleasure: the swinging of the pendulum far to the left will cause it to go all the farther to the right. The remembrance of the grief shall heighten the flavour of the delight: we shall set the one in contrast with the other, and the brilliance of the diamond shall be the more clearly seen because of the black foil behind it.
Come, my heart, cheer up! In a little while I shall be as glad as I am now gloomy. Jesus tells me that by a heavenly alchemy my sorrow shall be turned into joy. I do not see how it is to be, but I believe it, and I begin to sing by way of anticipation. This depression of spirit is not for long; I shall soon be up among the happy ones who praise the Lord day and night, and there I shall sing of the mercy which delivered me out of great afflictions.



NOVEMBER 27

“And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest.”
Ex. 33:14.




PRECIOUS promise! Lord, enable me to appropriate it as all my own.
We must go at certain times from our abode, for here we have no continuing city. It often happens that when we feel most at home in a place, we are suddenly called away from it. Here is the antidote for this ill. The Lord himself will keep us company. His presence, which includes his favour, his fellowship, his care, and his power, shall be ever with us in every one of our marchings. This means far more than it says; for, in fact, it means all things. If we have God present with us, we have possession of heaven and earth. Go with me, Lord, and then command me where thou wilt!
But we hope to find a place of rest. The text promises it. We are to have rest of God’s own giving, making, and preserving. His presence will cause us to rest even when we are on the march, yea, even in the midst of battle. Rest! Thrice blessed word. Can it ever be enjoyed by mortals? Yes, there is the promise, and by faith we plead it. Rest comes from the Comforter, from the Prince of Peace, and from the glorious Father who rested on the seventh day from all his works. To be with God is to rest in the most emphatic sense.