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

June 22, 2011

                                                                                            He with Us, We with Him 

The fear of the Lord prolongs days, but the years of the wicked will be shortened.

                                                                             ~ Proverbs 10:27

  "There is no doubt about it. The fear of the Lord leads to virtuous habits, and these prevent that waste of life that comes of sin and vice. The holy rest, which springs out of faith in the Lord Jesus, also greatly helps a man when he is ill. Every physician rejoices to have a patient whose mind is fully at ease. Worry kills, but confidence in God is like healing medicine.
  We have therefore all the arrangements for long life; if it be really for our good, we shall see a good age. Let us not be overcome with sudden expectation of death the moment we have a finger ache.

This boy here was dying. Jesus

saw what was going on, and with

His faith in His Father, the boy

was healed instantly, and came out

of the coma that he was in and sat

up and thanked Jesus for healing

him. Jesus said it was not I who

healed you, but My Father who is

in Heaven. 

  And what if we should soon be called to the higher sphere? Certainly there would be nothing to deplore in such a summons, but everything to rejoice in.
  The truest lengthening of life is to live while we live, wasting no time, but using every hour for the highest ends. So be it this day."
(By: Charles H. Spurgeon ~ One Minute Devotions)