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If you’ve ever suffered affliction it may be hard to reconcile that it may be from the hand of God. But Charles Spurgeon has a happy promise for the one who can endure. A better day is on the horizon… today on Faith’s Checkbook.
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Faith’s Checkbook
Daily Devotional Reading by Charles Spurgeon
For February 19
Better Farther On
Though I have afflicted you,
I will afflict you no more. (Nahum 1:12 ESV)
There is a limit to affliction. God sends it, and God removes it. Do you sigh and say, “When will the end be?” Remember that our griefs will surely and finally end when this poor earthly life is over. Let us quietly wait and patiently endure the will of the Lord till He comes.
Meanwhile, our Father in heaven takes away the rod when His design in using it is fully served. When He has whipped away our folly, there will be no more strokes. Or, if the affliction is sent for testing us, that our graces may glorify God, it will end when the Lord has made us bear witness to His praise. We would not wish the affliction to depart till God has gotten out of us all the honor which we can possibly yield Him.
There may today be “a great calm.” Who knows how soon those raging billows will give place to a sea of glass, and the sea birds sit on the gentle waves? After long tribulation the Rail is hung up, and the wheat rests in the grain bin. We may, before many hours are past, be just as happy as we now are sorrowful.
It is not hard for the Lord to turn night into day. He that sends the clouds can as easily clear the skies. Let us be of good cheer. It is better to do so beforehand. Let us sing hallelujah by anticipation. †
For February 19th, Faith’s Check Book Daily Devotional Reading by Charles Spurgeon.
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