My Way - Your Way

Dear Father, this cry is going up to You this morning from many a tried and perplexed soul, who is fearing to "wander in the wilderness in a pathless wasteland." Will You graciously bend down Your ear, and listen to their prayer, and grant the desired direction and guidance? "Make Your way straight." 

Dear Lord, it is not that Your ways are ever crooked or deviating, but that my eyes are bent on seeing pleasant little bypaths, where the road is not so rough, or the walking so toilsome as on the King's highway! My way looks so enticing, so easy, so agreeable to the flesh. Your way means self-denial, taking up the cross, and the relinquishment of much that my carnal heart desires. 

Now, dear Lord, hear my cry, "Make Your way straight before my face!" Compel me, by the power of Your love and Your example, to go in the narrow road! "Hedge up my way with thorns", rather than that I should take a step out of the way which You have laid down for me. What if, sometimes, there are mists and fogs so thick that I cannot see the path? 'Tis enough that You hold my hand and guide me in the darkness; for walking with You in the gloom, is far sweeter and safer than walking alone in the sunlight! 

Dear Lord, give me grace to trust You wholly, whatever may befall; yielding myself up to Your leading, and leaning hard on You when "dangers are in the path." Your way for me has been marked out from all eternity, and it leads directly to Yourself and Home! Help me to keep my eyes fixed on the joy that is set before me and deliver me from the very faintest desire to turn aside and linger in the flowery meadows which have so often lured the feet of poor pilgrims into danger and distress! Father, you have said, "My ways are not your ways, neither are My thoughts your thoughts." (Isaiah 55:8) True, dear Lord; but then You can uplift my thoughts to Yours and exalt my ways until they reach the mountain-top of obedience to Your blessed will. 

Work this miracle for me this day, O Lord; use that sweet compulsion which will delight my heart, while it directs my steps! Make me to run in the way of Your commandments and I shall run gladly, with the blessed certainty that I shall reach the goal at last! Have You not given me a monitor within, which strikes a gentle warning note when my feet turn but an instant from the straight way? 

But, best of all, dearest Lord, may You Yourself come with me along life's road, today and every day! Let the abiding of my soul in You be so real and constant, so true and tender that I may always be aware of Your sweet presence, and never take a single step apart from Your supporting and delivering hand!

[Susannah Spurgeon]

Psalm 5:8 ...  Lead me, O Lord, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face.

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S. Spurgeon Quotes

How wise should we be if, with joyful certainty, we accepted each unfolding of His will as a proof of His faithfulness and love! 

The soul that has learned the blessed secret of seeing God's hand in all that concerns it, cannot be a prey to fear, it looks beyond all second causes, straight into the heart and will of God, and rests content, because He rules.

She wisely reasoned that my chosen husband was no ordinary man, that his whole life was absolutely dedicated to God and His service, ad that I must never, never hinder him by trying to put myself first in his heart.

Lord, you have told me who You are, you have in mercy revealed Yourself to me, I know you to be that blessed 'gift of God' which alone can save and satisfy my soul. The depth and compass of heavenly love are manifested in You, and You have shown me, not my need only, but the sufficiency of Your grace and power to meet it. I am an empty sinner; you are a full Christ!

Ah! How little I then thought that my eyes looked on him who was to be my life’s beloved; how little I dreamed of the honor God was preparing for me in the near future! It is a mercy that our lives are not left for us to plan, but that our Father chooses for us; else we might sometimes turn away from our best blessings and put from us the choicest and loveliest gifts of His providence.

Oh, my Father, teach me to realize how deep, and strong, and pitiful is the love of Thine heart to me, since it led Thee to give Thine only begotten Son, Jesus Christ Himself, to redeem me, and bring me home to Thee, my God!

Keep your minister’s table well provided, and you shall be fed with the finest of the wheat; see that his earthly cares do not press on him painfully, and your own hearts’ burdens will be lifted by his heavenly teachings; supply him with this world’s needful comforts, and he will not fail to bring you solace and consolation in the time of your extremity. If he has sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great thing if he shall reap your carnal things?

[Susannah Spurgeon]

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To Be Christlike ...

To be Christlike is the duty and privilege of every believer. God's Word distinctly settles that matter when it affirms, "Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his." (Romans 8:9)

I ask myself, oh, will you not do the same? How much of His likeness has been visible in my conduct during this day? How far have I been that which my Lord expects me to be His representative in this sinful world? If bearing the cross after Christ is the chief work of the Christian, have I borne it in patience and obedience and full surrender to His will in all things, or have I, as far as I was able, put it aside and thought my own thoughts, walked in my own ways, and done what pleased myself without any reference to Him or recognition of His right to "reign over me"? 

There are Christians who think they have liberty to do their own will in a thousand things. They speak very much as they like; they do very much as they like; they use their property and possessions as they like. They are their own masters, and they have never dreamed of saying, "Jesus, we forsake all to follow Thee." May God keep us from the sin and error of thinking that we can accept Christ as our Savior, and yet practically deny Him as our Master! 

[Susannah Spurgeon]

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Galatians 5:13 ... For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.

1 Corinthians 15:34 ...  Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.

Luke 9:23 ... And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me. ❤

Being Christlike.

To be Christlike is the duty and privilege of every believer. God's Word distinctly settles that matter when it affirms, "Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his." (Romans 8:9)

I ask myself, oh, will you not do the same? How much of His likeness has been visible in my conduct during this day? How far have I been that which my Lord expects me to be His representative in this sinful world? If bearing the cross after Christ is the chief work of the Christian, have I borne it in patience and obedience and full surrender to His will in all things, or have I, as far as I was able, put it aside and thought my own thoughts, walked in my own ways, and done what pleased myself without any reference to Him or recognition of His right to "reign over me"? 

There are Christians who think they have liberty to do their own will in a thousand things. They speak very much as they like; they do very much as they like; they use their property and possessions as they like. They are their own masters, and they have never dreamed of saying, "Jesus, we forsake all to follow Thee." May God keep us from the sin and error of thinking that we can accept Christ as our Savior, and yet practically deny Him as our Master! 

[Susannah Spurgeon]

Matthew 16:24 ... Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.❤

Walk Worthy!!

Dear friends, we cannot set the world right. We have not the power to persuade or convince multitudes of their errors of doctrine or practice, but we can see to it that we ourselves are walking ‘worthy of God’ and letting our light shine so brightly that all may see more plainly the pathway to the Celestial City because we are passing along it.

[Susannah Spurgeon]

1 Chronicles 29:15 ... For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding.

Matthew 5:16 ... Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. ❤

Perfect Peace.

Oh, the blessed restfulness of putting everything, physical, mental, and spiritual into my Father's hands and just leaving all there. When once faith can heartily make this transfer, all is well with soul, and its peace is perfect. 

[Susannah Spurgeon]

Psalm 46:10 ... Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.

Philippians 4:7 ... And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.❤

Walk Worthy

Dear friends,

We cannot set the world right. We have not the power to persuade or convince multitudes of their errors of doctrine or practice, but we can see to it that we ourselves are walking ‘worthy of God’ and letting our light shine so brightly that all may see more plainly the pathway to the Celestial City because we are passing along it.

[Susannah Spurgeon]

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My Way ~ Your Way

Dear Father, this cry is going up to You this morning from many a tried and perplexed soul, who is fearing to "wander in the wilderness in a pathless wasteland." Will You graciously bend down Your ear, and listen to their prayer, and grant the desired direction and guidance?

"Make Your way straight." Dear Lord, it is not that Your ways are ever crooked or deviating, but that my eyes are bent on seeing pleasant little bypaths, where the road is not so rough, or the walking so toilsome as on the King's highway! My way looks so enticing, so easy, so agreeable to the flesh. Your way means self-denial, taking up the cross, and the relinquishment of much that my carnal heart desires.

Now, dear Lord, hear my cry, "Make Your way straight before my face!" Compel me, by the power of Your love and Your example to go in the narrow road! "Hedge up my way with thorns" rather than that I should take a step out of the way which You have laid down for me.

What if, sometimes, there are mists and fogs so thick that I cannot see the path? 'Tis enough that You hold my hand, and guide me in the darkness; for walking with You in the gloom is far sweeter and safer than walking alone in the sunlight!

Dear Lord, give me grace to trust You wholly, whatever may befall; yielding myself up to Your leading, and leaning hard on You when "dangers are in the path." Your way for me has been marked out from all eternity, and it leads directly to Yourself and home! Help me to keep my eyes fixed on the joy that is set before me, and deliver me from the very faintest desire to turn aside, and linger in the flowery meadows which have so often lured the feet of poor pilgrims into danger and distress!

Father, You have said, "My ways are not your ways, neither are My thoughts your thoughts." True, dear Lord; but then You can uplift my thoughts to Yours, and exalt my ways until they reach the mountain-top of obedience to Your blessed will. Work this miracle for me this day, O Lord; use that sweet compulsion which will delight my heart, while it directs my steps! Make me to run in the way of Your commandments, and I shall run gladly, with the blessed certainty that I shall reach the goal at last! Have You not given me a monitor within, which strikes a gentle warning note when my feet turn but an instant from the straight way?

But, best of all, dearest Lord, may You Yourself come with me along life's road, today and every day! Let the abiding of my soul in You be so real and constant, so true and tender that I may always be aware of Your sweet presence, and never take a single step, apart from Your supporting and delivering hand!

[Susannah Spurgeon]

Psalm 5:8 … Lead me, O Lord, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face.

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What An Arrangement!

Why then, need I worry or tremble? That great, loving, powerful hand keeps all the events of my life sealed and secure within its almighty clasp! Only He, my Maker and my Master, can permit them to be revealed to me as His will for me. What a compassionate, gracious arrangement! How eminently fitted to fulfill that sweet promise of His Word, "You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You!" If we fully believed this, we would be absolutely devoid of the worry which corrodes and chafes the daily life of so many professing Christians.

"My times." Not one or two important epochs of my history only but everything that concerns me: joys that I had not expected, sorrows that must have crushed me, if they could have been anticipated, sufferings which might have terrified me by their grimness, had I looked upon them, surprises which infinite love had prepared for me,  services of which I could not have imagined myself capable, all these lay in that mighty hand, as the purposes of God's eternal will for me.

But, as they have developed gradually and silently how great has been the love which appeared enwrapping and enfolding each one! Has not the grief been measured while the gladness has far more abounded? Have not the comforts and consolations exceeded the crosses and afflictions? Have not all things been so arranged, and ordered, and undertaken, and worked out on our behalf that we can but marvel at the goodness and wisdom of God, in meting out from that dear hand of His, all the "times" that have passed over us?

You agree with me in all this, do you not, dear reader? Then I beg you to apply it to your present circumstances, however dark or difficult they may be. They have come directly from your Father's hand to you, and they are His dear will for you!

[Susannah Spurgeon]

Psalm 31:15 … My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.

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My Times

Why then, need I worry or tremble? That great, loving, powerful hand keeps all the events of my life sealed and secure within its almighty clasp! If we fully believed this, we would be absolutely devoid of the worry which corrodes and chafes the daily life of so many professing Christians.

"My times." Not one or two important epochs of my history only, but everything that concerns me, all these lay in that mighty hand, as the purposes of God's eternal will for me.

You agree with me in all this, do you not, dear reader? Then, I beg you, apply it to your present circumstances, however dark or difficult they may be. They have come directly from your Father's hand to you, and they are His dear will for you!

[Susannah Spurgeon]

Psalm 31:15 …  My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.

Matthew 6:34 … Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.❤

Think of All The Hard Things

Dear reader, your difficulties and trials may not be similar to those of "the weeping prophet" but they are very real, and seemingly insurmountable to you. It is a fact that, of yourself, you can neither overcome nor endure them. So I want to remind you that the Lord's hand is not shortened that what was true of His power in Jeremiah's time, is as certainly true today. Whatever present hardship may press upon you, or whatever burden may be weighing you down you, yes, you may look up to Him with confident faith, and say, "There is nothing too hard for You!"

Oh, the blessed peace which such an assurance brings! I do not know what your particular sorrow or hardship may be but I do know that, whatever its nature, cruel, or bitter, or hopeless, it is as "nothing" to Him! He is able to deliver you as easily as you can call upon Him for support and help.

Now, dear friend, think of all the hard things there are in your life: poor circumstances, difficult duties, grievous pains, sore struggles, bitter disappointments, harsh words, sinful thoughts, a hard heart of your own, a hard heart in others.  Gather all these, and many more together, and pile them one on another until you have one great mountain of afflictions and your God still calmly asks the question: "Is there anything too hard for Me?"

When our hearts are weary of life's cares and crosses, when our courage flags because of our helplessness, and we cry out with the patriarch, "All these things are against me!" then what a support and stronghold is the fact that our God has all power in heaven and on earth! There is nothing too mighty for Him to manage there is nothing too insignificant to escape His notice! Jeremiah's faith  sees no obstacles,  stumbles at no hindrances, faints under no burden, shrinks from no responsibilities because he realizes the sublime Omnipotence of God, and fortifies himself by calling to remembrance His "outstretched arm" in the creation of the heavens and the earth. Cannot we do likewise?

I took up a book in a leisure moment the other day, opened it carelessly, and this is what I read: "It is a scientifically proved fact, that this great globe on which we live, spins around on its axis at the rate of a thousand miles an hour, and propels through space in its orbit at a speed immensely greater!"

The thought of this, seemed almost to take away my breath! Was I calmly and constantly living in the swirl of such a stupendous miracle as this? Then surely I could say, "Ah, Lord God! there is nothing too hard for You! My little troubles and afflictions how small they must be to You! Yet with what tender compassion, do You stoop from guiding the worlds in their courses to support and comfort the hearts of those who fear You!"

Never let us give up in despair, while we have such a God to trust in. If there is a great mountain of sorrow or difficulty in your way, dear friend do not be cast down by the darkness of its shadow. Your God can either make a way for you through it or He can guide you around it or, just as easily, He can carry you right over it! There is nothing too hard for Him! Expect Him to make the crooked things straight, and to bring the high things low. And while you keep humbly at His feet, He will work wondrously, and you shall see His salvation!

[Susannah Spurgeon]

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Jeremiah 32:17 ... Ah Lord God! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee:

Jeremiah 32:26-27 ... Then came the word of the Lord unto Jeremiah, saying, Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh: is there any thing too hard for me?


Genesis 18:14 ... Is any thing too hard for the Lord? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.❤