Summer Break & A Biblical Meditation from Charles Spurgeon - Hebrews 13:5

Jesus Discourse with His Disciples by James Tissot (W.Commons)

I’ll be taking a pause for the summer, as various things are already coming up, some fun stuff and some other stuff.

Anyway, instead of just posting that, I thought it would be nice to share this meditation by Charles Spurgeon from his book, ‘Morning and Evening: A Devotional Classic for Daily Encouragement’, which I read daily and find quite encouraging… while being in awe of his insights.

Charles Haddon Spurgeon, part of the Welsh Portrait Collection (W.Commons)

Obviously, as Spurgeon lived and wrote in the late 19th century, the verses are all KJV.

This is from 23rd February, and the verse is from Hebrews 13:5, which reads: “I will never leave thee.”

‘… Whatever God has said to any one saint, He has said to all. When He opens a well for one, it is that all may drink…

Whether He gave the word to Abraham or to Moses, matters not, O believer; He has given it to thee as one of the convenanted seed. There is not a high blessing too lofty for thee, nor a wide mercy too extensive for thee…

There is not a brook of living water of which thou mayst not drink. If the land floweth with milk and honey, eat the honey and drink the milk, for both are thine. Be thou bold to believe, for He hath said, “I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.” In this promise, God gives to His people everything. “I will never leave thee.” Then no attribute of God can cease to be engaged for us.

Is He mighty? He will show Himself strong on the behalf of them that trust Him. Is He love? Then with lovingkindness will He have mercy on us…

To put everything in one, there is nothing you can want, there is nothing you can ask for, there is nothing you can need in time or in eternity, there is nothing living, nothing dying, there is nothing in this world, nothing in the next world, there is nothing now, nothing at the resurrection-morning, nothing in heaven which is not contained in this text – “I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.”’

Jesus and his disciples walk through the corn (W.Commons)

I hope you find comfort in this, as I do, knowing how much God loves us and that He will always be with us, no matter the situations we find ourselves in, and no matter what is occurring in the world around us.

Take care and I pray you have a great summer… or whatever season you’re experiencing in your part of the world.