DAILY READINGS by Charles Spurgeon
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MORNING: March 27 He never deserted them, but they in cowardly fear of their lives, fled from him in the
very beginning of his sufferings. This is but one instructive instance of the frailty of
all believers if left to themselves; they are but sheep at the best, and they flee when
the wolf cometh. They had all been warned of the danger, and had promised to die rather
than leave their Master; and yet they were seized with sudden panic, and took to their
heels. It may be, that I, at the opening of this day, have braced up my mind to bear a
trial for the Lord's sake, and I imagine myself to be certain to exhibit perfect fidelity;
but let me be very jealous of myself, lest having the same evil heart of unbelief, I
should depart from my Lord as the apostles did. It is one thing to promise, and quite
another to perform. It would have been to their eternal honor to have stood at Jesus'
side right manfully; they fled from honor; may I be kept from imitating them! Where else
could they have been so safe as near their Master, who could presently call for twelve
legions of angels? They fled from their true safety. O God, let me not play the fool also.
Divine grace can make the coward brave. The smoking flax can flame forth like fire on the
altar when the Lord wills it. These very apostles who were timid as hares, grew to be bold
as lions after the Spirit had descended upon them, and even so the Holy Spirit can make my
recreant spirit brave to confess my Lord and witness for his truth. |
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