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

                                                        An Appeal For Deliverance

"Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall  glorify
Me."                                                                       
                                                                                     ~ Psalm 50:15

 
  "This is a promise indeed! Here is an urgent occasion: "the day of trouble." It is dark at noon on such a day, and every hour seems blacker than the one that came before it.
  Here is advice: "Call upon Me." This should be our constant habit all day and everyday. The Lord invites us to lay our case before Him, and surely we will not hesitate to do so.
  Here is reassuring encouragement: "I will deliver you," Whatever the trouble may be, the Lord makes no execptions, but promises full deliverance. We believe it, and the Lord honors faith.

  Here is an ultimate result: "You will glorify Me." When He has delivered us, we will loudly praise Him; and as He is sure to do it, let us begin to glorify Him at once." (Charles H. Spurgeon ~ One Minute Devotions)
 

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

                                       Promise Of Future Meeting

                        "I will see you again and your heart will rejoice."
                                                                                   ~ John 16:22

  "Surely God will come a second time. Oh for that joyous return!
 Our gracious Lord has many "agains" in His dealings with us. He gave us pardon and still, again and again He forgives us. When our faith grows a little dim, He comes to us again and again saying, "Peace be unto you."
 All our past mercies are tokens of future mercies. If Jesus has been with us, He will see us again. Look upon no former favor as dead and buried, but regard it as a seed sown, which will grow and push its head up from the dust, and cry, "I will see you again."

 Are times dark because Jesus is not with us as He used to be? Let us pluck up courage, for He will not be long away. Let us be joyous, since He says to us even now, "I will see you again.""(By: Charles H. Spurgeon ~ One Minute Devotions)

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

                                                      He Destroys Our Enemy

                                                The Lord has cast out your enemy.
                                                                                              ~ Zephaniah 3:15


  "What a casting out! Satan has lost his throne in our nature- our Lord has destroyed his power over us. He may worry us, but he cannot claim us as his own. His bonds are no longer upon our spirits: Jesus has made us free.

  As a tempter, the evil spirit still assails us and insinuates himself into our minds, but then also is he cast out as to his former preeminence. He wriggles about like a serpent, but he cannot rule like a sovereign. He hurls in blasphemous thoughts when he has opportunity, but what a relief it is when he is told to be quiet and is made to slink off like a whipped dog! Lord, do this for any who are at this time worried and wearied by his barkings. Cast out their enemy, and be glorious in their eyes." (Charles H. Spurgeon ~ One Minute Devotions)

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

                                         Bow Down To Be Lifted Up


          Therefore Humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in time.
                                                                                                                          ~ 1 Peter 5:6


 " If we will bow down, the Lord will lift us up. Humility leads to honor; submission leads to exaltation. That same hand of God that presses us down is waiting to raise us up when we are prepared to bear the blessing. He who humbles himself under God shall not fail to be enriched, uplifted, sustained, and comforted by Him.

 Yet there is a time for the Lord's working. We ought now to humble ourselves, and we are bound to keep on doing so whether the Lord lays His afflicting hand upon us or not. As for the Lord's exaltation of us, that can only come "in due time," and God is the best judge of that day and hour. Do we cry out impatiently for the blessing? Would we wish for untimely honor? Surely we are not truly humbled, or we should wait with quiet submission. So let us do so." (Charles H. Spurgeon ~ One Minute Devotions)

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

More Than Mere Words

"I will give you the sure mercies of David."

~ Acts 13:34

"Nothing of man is sure, but everthing of God is so. Especially His covenant mercies.

The Lord does not speak mere words: there is substance and truth in every one of His promises. We are sure that the Lord will bestow promised mercies on all His covenanted ones. They shall come in due course to all the chosen of the Lord, from the least of them unto the greatest of them.

We are sure that the Lord will continue His mercies to His own people. He does not give and take. That which we have not yet received is as sure as that which has already come; therefore, let us wait before the Lord and be still. There is no justifiable reason for the least doubt. God's love, and word, and faithfulness are sure. Many things are questionable, but of the Lord we sing:

"For His mercies shall endure Ever faithful, ever sure."" (By: Charles H. Spurgeon ~ One Minute Devotions)

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

A Change of Name

"It shall be, in that day," says the Lord, " That you will call Me ' My Husband, ' and no longer call Me ' My Master, ' for I will take from her mouth the names of the Baals, and they shall be remembered by their name no more."

~ Hosea 2:16-17

"That day has come. We view our God no more as Baal, our tyrant lord, but as our Ishi, our beloved Husband, our Lord in love. We do not revere Him less, but we love Him more. We do not serve Him less obediently, but we serve Him for a higher and more endearing reason. We no longer tremble under His lash, but rejoice in His love.

Is it so with you, dear reader? Has grace cast out fear and implanted love? How happy are we in such an experience! Now we call the Lord's Day a delight, and worship is never a weariness. Prayer is now a privilege, and praise is a holiday. To obey is heaven; to give to the cause of God is a banquet. Thus have all things become new. Our mouth is filled with singing, and our heart with music. Blessed be our heavenly Ishi forever." (By: Charles H. Spurgeon ~ One Minute Devotions)

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

Nothing to Alarm Us

"Go your way till the end; for you shall rest, and will arise to your inheritance at the end of the days."

~ Daniel 12:13

" We cannot understand all the prophecies, but we regard them with pleasure and not with dismay. There can be nothing in the Father's decree that should alarm His child. Though the earth be burned up, no smell of fire shall come upon the chosen. The Lord Jehovah will preserve His own.

Calmly resolute in duty, brave in conflict, patient in suffering, let us go our way, keeping to our road, neither swerving from it, nor loitering in it.

Rest will be ours. All other things swing to and fro, but our foundation stands sure. God rests in His love, and, therefore, we rest in it: Our peace is, and ever shall be, like a river. The God of Daniel will give a worthy portion to all who dare to be decided of truth and holiness as Daniel was. No den of lions shall deprive us of our sure inheritance." ( Charles H. Spurgeon One-Minute Devotions)