It Is Well

"…I am with you alway…"   Matthew 28:20

It is well there is one who is always the same, and who is always with us. It is well there is one stable rock amidst the billows of the sea of life. Let us not set our soul's affections upon rusting, moth-eaten, decaying treasures, but set our heart upon him who abides forever faithful. Let us not build our house upon the moving quicksands of a deceitful world, but found our hopes upon this rock, which, amid descending rain and roaring floods, shall stand immovably secure (Matthew 7:24-27). My soul, I charge you, lay up your treasure in the only secure cabinet; store your jewels where you can never lose them. Put your all in Christ; set all your affections on his person, all your hope in his merit, all your trust in his efficacious blood, all your joy in his presence, and then you may laugh at loss, and defy destruction. Remember that all the flowers in the world’s garden fade by turns, and the day comes when nothing will be left but the black, cold earth. Death’s black extinguisher must soon put out your candle. How sweet to have sunlight when the candle is gone! The dark flood must soon roll between you and all you have; then wed your heart to him who will never leave you; trust him who will go with you through the black and surging current of death’s stream, and who will land you safely on the celestial shore, and make you sit with him in heavenly places forever (Ephesians 2:6). In the sorrows of affliction, tell your secrets to the Friend who sticks closer than a brother (Proverbs 18:24). Trust all your concerns to him who can never be taken from you, who will never leave you, and who will never let you leave him, even “Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, and today, and forever (Hebrews 13:8).” “Lo, I am with you alway,” is enough for my soul to live upon, no matter who forsakes me. 

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Morning, C.H. Spurgeon