Thursday, August 26, 2010
Faith's Check Book, Daily Entry
C. H. Spurgeon
August 26
He of Tender Conscience
I will judge between cattle and cattle. (Ezekiel 34:22)
Some are fat and flourishing, and therefore they are unkind to the feeble. This is a grievous sin and causes much sorrow. Those thrustings with side and with shoulder, those pushings of the diseased with the horn, are a sad means of offense in the assemblies of professing believers. The Lord takes note of these proud and unkind deeds, and He is greatly angered by them, for He loves the weak.
Is the reader one of the despised? Is he a mourner in Zion and a marked man because of his tender conscience? Do his brethren judge him harshly? Let him not resent their conduct; above all let him not push and thrust in return. Let him leave the matter in the Lord's hands. He is the Judge. Why should we wish to intrude upon His office? He will decide much more righteously than we can. His time for judgment is the best, and we need not be in a hurry to hasten it on. Let the hard-hearted oppressor tremble. Even though he may ride roughshod over others with impunity for the present, all his proud speeches are noted, and for every one of them account must be given before the bar of the great Judge.
Patience, my soul! Patience! The Lord knoweth thy grief. Thy Jesus hath pity upon thee!
The Spurgeon Archive
God calls us to be lights, not lightning bolts :)
We especially forget this in two ways when it comes to witnessing Christ.
Some of us expect a non-christian to accept that they should live a pure Godly life...when the circumcision of the heart has not taken place for
them.
Another way we do this is through unforgiveness of our fellow brethren.
Realizing that we are to encourage one another...love one another...putting His plan before our own.
Please Lord give me eyes that see your cross applied.
You died for me while still in the mire of my sin.
Thank you for applying you amazing grace...may that see true in our hearts today.
1 comment:
Indeed, we all need to be as gracious to one another as God has been to us.
By the way, the saying you posted in this blog: "God calls us to be lights, not lightning bolts"; it is a saying that came from the writings of Chris S. Esty, from The Bible Post.
Please be sure to cite your sources when sharing the writings of others.
God bless you.
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