Lord’s Day Mediation: “He Shall Choose Our Inheritance for Us” by C.H. Spurgeon

Lord’s Day Mediation: “He Shall Choose Our Inheritance for Us” by C.H. Spurgeon (Morning & Evening, November 11, Evening)

“He shall choose our inheritance for us.” (Psalm 47:4)

Believer, if your inheritance be a lowly one you should be
satisfied with your earthly portion; for you may rest assured that it is the
fittest for you. Unerring wisdom ordained your lot, and selected for you the
safest and best condition. A ship of large tonnage is to be brought up the
river; now, in one part of the stream there is a sandbank; should some one ask,
“Why does the captain steer through the deep part of the channel and
deviate so much from a straight line?” His answer would be, “Because
I should not get my vessel into harbour at all if I did not keep to the deep
channel.” So, it may be, you would run aground and suffer shipwreck, if
your divine Captain did not steer you into the depths of affliction where waves
of trouble follow each other in quick succession. Some plants die if they have
too much sunshine. It may be that you are planted where you get but little, you
are put there by the loving Husbandman, because only in that situation will you
bring forth fruit unto perfection. Remember this, had any other condition been
better for you than the one in which you are, divine love would have put you
there. You are placed by God in the most suitable circumstances, and if you had
the choosing of your lot, you would soon cry, “Lord, choose my inheritance
for me, for by my self-will I am pierced through with many sorrows.” Be
content with such things as you have, since the Lord has ordered all things for
your good. Take up your own daily cross; it is the burden best suited for your
shoulder, and will prove most effective to make you perfect in every good word
and work to the glory of God. Down busy self, and proud impatience, it is not
for you to choose, but for the Lord of Love!

“Trials must and will befall–

But with humble faith to see

Love inscribed upon them all;

This is happiness to me.”

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