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I really liked this morning's devotional from Spurgeon. Spurgeon wrote in the last paragraph. "in matters of grace you need a daily supply. You have no store of strength. Day by day must you seek help from above".
The Lord's Prayer in Matthew 6 reminds us of this. In verse 6:11 we read that we are to pray: "Give us this day, our daily bread". The word in the Greek for 'our daily' means "for the coming day, for subsistence", bringing emphasis to Spurgeon's note that we have no store of strength.
Blessedly, the table of bread is eternal, ever flowing to sustain His people. Spurgeon notes that we will "never go hungry while the daily bread of grace is on the table of mercy." Like the manna in the desert, sustenance will ever appear, daily.
"And his allowance was a continual allowance given him of the king, a daily rate for every day, all the days of his life."—2 Kings 25:30.
JEHOIACHIN was not sent away from the king's palace with a store to last him for months, but his provision was given him as a daily pension. Herein he well pictures the happy position of all the Lord's people. A daily portion is all that a man really wants.
We do not need tomorrow's supplies; that day has not yet dawned, and its wants are as yet unborn. The thirst which we may suffer in the month of June does not need to be quenched in February, for we do not feel it yet; if we have enough for each day as the days arrive we shall never know want. Sufficient for the day is all that we can enjoy.
We cannot eat or drink or wear more than the day's supply of food and raiment; the surplus gives us the care of storing it, and the anxiety of watching against a thief. One staff aids a traveller, but a bundle of staves is a heavy burden. Enough is not only as good as a feast, but is all that the veriest glutton can truly enjoy. This is all that we should expect; a craving for more than this is ungrateful. When our Father does not give us more, we should be content with his daily allowance. Jehoiachin's case is ours, we have a sure portion, a portion given us of the king, a gracious portion, and a perpetual portion. Here is surely ground for thankfulness.
Beloved Christian reader, in matters of grace you need a daily supply. You have no store of strength. Day by day must you seek help from above. It is a very sweet assurance that a daily portion is provided for you. In the word, through the ministry, by meditation, in prayer, and waiting upon God you shall receive renewed strength. In Jesus all needful things are laid up for you. Then enjoy your continual allowance. Never go hungry while the daily bread of grace is on the table of mercy.
The Lord's Prayer in Matthew 6 reminds us of this. In verse 6:11 we read that we are to pray: "Give us this day, our daily bread". The word in the Greek for 'our daily' means "for the coming day, for subsistence", bringing emphasis to Spurgeon's note that we have no store of strength.
Blessedly, the table of bread is eternal, ever flowing to sustain His people. Spurgeon notes that we will "never go hungry while the daily bread of grace is on the table of mercy." Like the manna in the desert, sustenance will ever appear, daily.
This Morning's Meditation
C. H. Spurgeon
"And his allowance was a continual allowance given him of the king, a daily rate for every day, all the days of his life."—2 Kings 25:30.
JEHOIACHIN was not sent away from the king's palace with a store to last him for months, but his provision was given him as a daily pension. Herein he well pictures the happy position of all the Lord's people. A daily portion is all that a man really wants.
We do not need tomorrow's supplies; that day has not yet dawned, and its wants are as yet unborn. The thirst which we may suffer in the month of June does not need to be quenched in February, for we do not feel it yet; if we have enough for each day as the days arrive we shall never know want. Sufficient for the day is all that we can enjoy.
We cannot eat or drink or wear more than the day's supply of food and raiment; the surplus gives us the care of storing it, and the anxiety of watching against a thief. One staff aids a traveller, but a bundle of staves is a heavy burden. Enough is not only as good as a feast, but is all that the veriest glutton can truly enjoy. This is all that we should expect; a craving for more than this is ungrateful. When our Father does not give us more, we should be content with his daily allowance. Jehoiachin's case is ours, we have a sure portion, a portion given us of the king, a gracious portion, and a perpetual portion. Here is surely ground for thankfulness.
Beloved Christian reader, in matters of grace you need a daily supply. You have no store of strength. Day by day must you seek help from above. It is a very sweet assurance that a daily portion is provided for you. In the word, through the ministry, by meditation, in prayer, and waiting upon God you shall receive renewed strength. In Jesus all needful things are laid up for you. Then enjoy your continual allowance. Never go hungry while the daily bread of grace is on the table of mercy.
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