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Ärende: Commonest Things Blessed
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Faith's Checkbook  


Charles H. Spurgeon
May 25, 2006

 

May 26 
Commonest Things Blessed
"Ye shall serve the LORD your God, and He shall bless thy bread, and thy water"
(Exodus 23:25). 

What a promise is this! To serve God is in itself a high delight. But what an
added privilege to have the blessing of the LORD resting upon us in all things!
Our commonest things become blessed when we ourselves are consecrated to the
LORD. Our LORD Jesus took bread and blessed it; behold, we also eat of blessed
bread. Jesus blessed water and made it wine: the water which we drink is far
better to us than any of the wine with which men make merry; every drop has a
benediction in it. The divine blessing is on the man of God in everything, and
it shall abide with him at every time. 

What if we have only bread and water! Yet it is blessed bread and water. Bread
and water we shall have. That is implied, for it must be there for God to bless
it. "Thy bread shall be given thee, and thy waters shall be sure." With God at
our table, we not only ask a blessing, but we have one. It is not only at the
altar but at the table that He blesses us. He serves those well who serve Him
well. This table blessing is not of debt but of grace. Indeed, there is a
trebled grace; He grants us grace to serve Him, by His grace feeds us with
bread, and then in His grace blesses it. 

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What a mercy, then, to be stripped of all

("The Marvelous Riches of Savoring Christ, The letters of Ruth Bryan" December,
1850)

I must confess that God generally deals very contrary  to my expectations. Yet
"He does all things well." It is "Sweet to lie passive in His hands, 
 And know no will but His." 

I have proved . . .
  my own strength to be complete weakness, 
  my own wisdom to be consummate folly, 
  my own righteousness to be filthy rags. 

What a mercy, then, to be stripped of all,  and have . . .
  Christ for wisdom,
  Christ for righteousness,
  Christ for strength,
  Christ for purity,
  Christ for power,
  Christ for beauty,
  Christ for holiness,
  Christ for acceptance above,
  Christ for our daily walk,
  Christ for our daily work,
  Christ for rest,
  Christ for food,
  Christ for medicine!
Yes, to know nothing among men or before  God—but Jesus crucified and
glorified! 

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