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Faith's Checkbook  

Charles H. Spurgeon
Jun 23, 2006

 

June 24    The LORD's "Much More"


"And Amaziah said to the man of God, But what shall we do for the hundred
talents which I have given to the army of Israel? And the man of God answered,
The LORD is able to give thee much more than this" (2 Chronicles 25:9). 



If you have made a mistake, bear the loss of it; but do not act contrary to the
will of the LORD. The LORD can give you much more than you are likely to lose;
and if He does not, will you begin bargaining and chaffering with God. The king
of Judah had hired an army from idolatrous Israel, and he was commanded to send
home the fighting men because the LORD was not with them. He was willing to
send away the host, only he grudged paying the hundred talents for nothing. Oh,
for shame! If the LORD will give the victory without the hirelings, surely it
was a good bargain to pay their wages and to be rid of them. 



Be willing to lose money for conscience' sake, for peace's sake, for Christ's
sake. Rest assured that losses for the LORD are not losses. Even in this life
they are more than recompensed: in some cases the LORD prevents any loss from
happening. As to our immortal life, what we lose for Jesus is invested in
heaven. Fret not at apparent disaster but listen to the whisper, "The LORD is
able to give thee much more than this." 



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804 104th J. HART 




The Lambs Safe. Ps. 23.; 34. 10; 1 Thess. 5 . 14 




Ye lambs of Christ’s fold, ye weaklings in faith,  Who long to lay hold on life
by his death;  Who fain would believe him, and in your best room  Would gladly
receive him, but fear to presume;  2 
Remember one thing, O may it sink deep;  Our Shepherd and King cares much for
his sheep;  To trust him endeavour; the work is his own;  He makes the
believer, and gives him his crown.  3 
Those feeble desires, those wishes so weak,  ’Tis Jesus inspires, and bids you
still seek;  His Spirit will cherish the life he first gave;  You never shall
perish if Jesus can save.  4 
[Proud lions, that boast when lusty and young,  Soon find, to their cost,
self-confidence wrong;  Tormented with hunger, they feel their strength vain; 
For famine is stronger, and gnaws them with pain.  5 
But lambs are preserved, though helpless in kind;  When lions are starved, they
nourishment find;  Their Shepherd upholds them, when faint, in his arms;  And
feeds them, and folds them, and guards them from harms.  6 
Though sometimes we see the case is not thus;  Bad shepherds will flee, yet
what’s that to us?  The Shepherd that chose us must surely be good,  Who rather
than lose us would shed his heart’s blood.]  7 
Blest soul that can say, “Christ only I seek.ö  Wait for him alway; be constant
though weak;  The Lord whom thou seekest will not tarry long;  And to him the
weakest is dear as the strong. 



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