As I looked at the headlines this morning on Drudge, I was getting the feeling of worldwide catastrophe; from President Obama signing into legislation armed guards for life (Despite launching a gun control agenda that threatens to disarm the American people, President Obama has signed a bill that would afford him armed Secret Service protection for life), to talk show hosts slamming our Constitution, to the myriad of government officials that want to take down the 2nd Amendment, and also to Mayor Bloomberg taking away 1/2 of the prescription painkillers in hospital's emergency rooms in NYC. The average American's rights are rapidly becoming a thing of the past. I feel as if the world is groaning even louder (as Romans says). The headlines were not encouraging to say the least. Well....I read Spurgeon as often as I can and the following was his word for the day: (God knows just what we need when we need it). Even so come quickly Lord Jesus.
Friday, January 11, 2013
C. H. Spurgeon
January 11
Faith Sets the Bow
And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the beau shall be seen in the cloud. (Genesis 9:14)
Just now clouds are plentiful enough, but we are not afraid that the world will be destroyed by a deluge. We see the rainbow often enough to pre-vent our having any such fears. The covenant which the Lord made with Noah stands fast, and we have no doubts about it. Why, then, should we think that the clouds of' trouble, which now darken our sky, will end in our destruction? Let us dismiss such groundless and dishonoring fears.
Faith always sees the bow of covenant promise whenever sense sees the cloud of affliction. God has a bow with which He might shoot out His arrows of destruction. But see, it is turned upward! It is a bow without an arrow or a string; it is a bow hung out for show, no longer used for war. It is a bow of many colors, expressing joy and delight, and not a bow blood-red with slaughter or black with anger. Let us be of good courage. Never does God so darken our sky as to leave His covenant without a witness, and even if He did, we would trust Him since He cannot change or lie or in any other way fail to keep His covenant of peace. Until the waters go over the earth again, we shall have no reason for doubting our God.
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