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

August 25, 2011

Food and Rest

"I will feed My flock, and I will make them lie down," says the Lord God.

~Ezekiel 34:15

The Good Shepherd

  "Under the divine shepherdry, saints are fed to the full. Theirs is not a windy, unsatisfying mess of mere human thought; but the Lord feeds them upon the solid, substantial truth of divine revelation. Jesus Himself is the true life-sustaining Food of believers.
  When filled with holy truth, the mind rests. Those whom Jehovah feeds are at peace. No dog shall worry  them, no wolf shall devour them, no restless propensities shal disturb them. They shall lie down and digest the food which they have enjoyed. The doctrines of grace are not only sustaining, but consoling: in them we have the means for building up and lying down.

    The Lion is Christ and

    the lamb is you or I.

  This day may the Lord cause us to feed in the pastures of the Word and make us to lie down in them. May no folly, and no worry, but meditation and peace mark this day."
(By: Charles H. Spurgeon ~ One Minute Devotions)