Faith's Checkbook (By: C.H. Spurgeon)

December 26, 2010
                                                     Trust Only in God

Peter answered and said to Him, "Even if all are made to stumble because of You, I will never be made to stumble."
                                                                                     ~ Matthew 26:33

  "Peter thought that he was saying what he should assuredly carry out, but a promise that has no better foundation than a human resolve will fall to the ground. No sooner did temptations arise than Peter denied his Master and used oaths to confirm his denial.
  What is man's word? An earthen pot broken with a stroke. What is your own resolve? A blossom, which, with God's care, may come to fruit, but which, left to itself, will fall to the ground with the first wind that moves the bough.
           On man's word hang only what it will bear.
           On your own resolve depend not at all.
           On the promise of God hang time and eternity,
this world and the next, your all and the all of your beloved ones.
  Rely upon Jesus without limit. Trust not yourself or any man beyond due bounds, but trust only and wholly in the Lord." (BY: Charles H. Spurgeon ~ One Minute Devotions)