This evening I read Charles Spurgeon's Morning and Evening for the day. In his evening selection, he talked about John 16:15, commenting that, "There are times when all the promises and doctrines of the Bible are of no avail, unless a gracious hand shall apply them to us....Think not that Christ hath placed His joys on heavenly shelves that we may climb up to them for ourselves, but He draws near, and sheds His peace abroad in our hearts. O Christian, if thou art tonight laboring under deep distresses, thy Father does not give thee promises and then leave thee to draw them up from the word like buckets from a well, but the promises He has written in the word He will write anew on your heart....Glorious Gospel! which provides everything for the helpless, which draws nigh to us when we cannot reach after it - brings us grace before we seek for grace! Here is as much glory in the giving as in the gift. Happy people who have the Holy Ghost to bring Jesus to them."
What a wonderful thing the Trinity is in our lives! God the Father lovingly cares for us by giving us His Word - Christ Jesus, who not only pleads on our behalf, but sends His Holy Spirit so we may know the promises of His Word. May we drink in the promises of God this evening and for the rest of our lives!
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Thank you for posting this, Missy! "Morning and Evening" got shoved into my backpack at the last minute at three o'clock the morning I left, and I've been thankful that I took it ever since. It truly is a blessing that all the Trinity works for our salvation so that we have a complete and full promise of His goodness to us.
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