Two of CH Spurgeon's written works are Morning & Evening and Faith's Check Book. These two are meant for daily reading. We have included the Faith's Check Book as an afternoon article on top of the two articles from Morning & Evening. On this page, the article that is displayed will be according to the time that is viewed.
The Evening runs from 6pm to 2:59am of the next day in extended evening. The Morning article will change-over from 3am to 10:59am and Faith's Check Book will have its time slot from 11am to 5:59pm.
Spurgeon's Faith Checkbook
For the mid-day devotion of October 8th
Never Alone
Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken. (Isaiah 62:4)
orsaken" is a dreary word. It sounds like a knell. It is the record of I
sharpest sorrows and the prophecy of direst ills. An abyss of misery yawns in
that word forsaken. Forsaken by one who pledges his honor! Forsaken by a friend
so long tried and trusted! Forsaken by a dear relative! Forsaken by father and
mother! Forsaken by all! This is woe indeed, and yet it may be patiently born if
the Lord will take us up.
But what must it be to feel forsaken of God? Think of that bitterest of cries, "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" Have we ever in any degree tasted the wormwood and the gall of "forsaken" in that sense? If so, let us beseech our Lord to save us from any repetition of so unspeakable a sorrow. Oh, that such darkness may never return! Men in malice said of a saint, "God hath forsaken him; persecute and take him." But it was always false. The Lord's loving favor shall compel our cruel foes to eat their own words or, at least, to hold their tongues.
The reverse of all this is that superlative word Hephzibah "the Lord delighteth in thee." This turns weeping into dancing. Let those who dreamed that they were forsaken hear the Lord say, "I will never leave thee nor forsake thee."
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