Charles Spurgeon Morning and Evening Daily Devotional (27 March 2024)

Charles Spurgeon Morning and Evening Daily Devotional (27 March 2024)

Morning & Evening: Morning Devo, Mar. 27th
Wednesday, March 27, 2024

SCRIPTURE:  TBut this has all taken place that the writings of the prophets might be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples deserted him and fled.. — Matthew 26:56, NIV

MORNING THOUGHT: He never deserted them but they in cowardly fear of their lives, fled from Him in the very beginning of His sufferings. This is but one instructive instance of the frailty of all believers—if left to themselves. They are but sheep at the best and they flee when the wolf comes. They had all been warned of the danger, and had promised to die rather than leave their Master; and yet they were seized with sudden panic, and took to their heels.

It may be, that I, at the opening of this day, have braced up my mind to bear a trial for the Lord’s sake, and I imagine myself to be certain to exhibit perfect fidelity; but let me be very jealous of myself, lest having the same evil heart of unbelief—I should depart from my Lord as the apostles did. It is one thing to promise, and quite another to perform. It would have been to their eternal honor to have stood at Jesus’ side right manfully; they fled from honor; may I be kept from imitating them!

Where else could they have been so safe as near their Master, who could presently call for twelve legions of angels? They fled from their true safety. O God, let me not play the fool also. Divine grace can make the coward brave. The smoking flax can flame forth like fire on the altar when the Lord wills it. These very apostles who were timid as hares, grew to be bold as lions after the Spirit had descended upon them; and even so—the Holy Spirit can make my cringing spirit brave to confess my Lord, and witness for His truth.

What anguish must have filled the Savior as He saw His friends so faithless! This was one bitter ingredient in His cup; but that cup is drained dry; let me not put another drop in it. If I forsake my Lord, I shall crucify Him afresh, and put Him to an open shame. Keep me, O blessed Spirit, from an end so shameful.

READ EVENING THOUGHT BELOW:

SCRIPTURE: And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table. — Matt 15:27

EVENING THOUGHT: This woman gained comfort in her misery—by thinking great thoughts of Christ. The Master had talked about the children’s bread. “Now,” argued she, “since You are the Master of the table of grace, I know that You are a generous housekeeper, and there is sure to be abundance of bread on Your table; there will be such an abundance for the children—that there will be crumbs to throw on the floor for the dogs, and the children will fare none the worse because the dogs are fed.” She thought Him one who kept so good a table—that all that she needed would only be a crumb in comparison.

Yet remember, what she wanted was to have the devil cast out of her daughter. It was a very great thing to her but she had such a high esteem of Christ, that she said, “It is nothing to Him—it is but a crumb for Christ to give!”

This is the royal road to comfort. Great thoughts of your sin alone—will drive you to despair; but great thoughts of Christ—will pilot you into the haven of peace. “My sins are many but oh! it is nothing to Jesus to take them all away. The weight of my guilt presses me down as a giant’s foot would crush a worm but it is no more than a grain of dust to Him, because He has already borne its curse on the cruel tree. It will be but a small thing for Him to give me full remission, although it will be an infinite blessing for me to receive it.”

The woman opens her soul’s mouth very wide, expecting great things of Jesus and He fills it with His love.

Dear reader, do the same. She confessed what Christ laid at her door but she laid fast hold upon Him, and drew arguments even out of His hard words; she believed great things of Him, and she thus overcame Him. She won the victory by believing in Him! Her case is an instance of prevailing faith; and if we would conquer like her—we must imitate her tactics.

Morning and Evening’ is the classic daily devotional from Charles H. Spurgeon.

Charles Spurgeon Morning and Evening Daily Devotional (27 March 2024) written by Charles H. Spurgeon