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Morning and Evening

February 17, Evening

C. H. Spurgeon · Modern retelling

"Whereas the Lord was there." — Ezekiel 35:10 · KJV

Edom's princes saw the whole country left desolate and counted on its easy conquest; but there was one great difficulty in their way, quite unknown to them — "The Lord was there"; and in His presence lay the special security of the chosen land. Whatever the schemes and devices of the enemies of God's people, there is still the same effectual barrier to thwart their design. The saints are God's heritage; He is in their midst and will protect His own. What comfort this assurance yields us in our troubles and spiritual conflicts! We are constantly opposed, yet perpetually preserved. How often Satan shoots his arrows against our faith, but our faith defies the power of hell's fiery darts; they are not only turned aside but quenched upon its shield, for "the Lord is there." Our good works are the targets of Satan's attacks. A saint never yet had a virtue or a grace that was not aimed at by the shots of hell: whether it was hope bright and sparkling, or love warm and fervent, or patience all-enduring, or zeal flaming like coals of fire, the old enemy of everything good has tried to destroy it. The only reason anything virtuous or lovely survives in us is this: "the Lord is there." If the Lord is with us through life, we need not fear for our dying confidence; for when we come to die, we shall find that "the Lord is there"; where the billows are most stormy and the water most chill, we shall feel the bottom and know it is good; our feet shall stand on the Rock of Ages when time is passing away. Beloved, from the first of a Christian's life to the last, the only reason he does not perish is that "the Lord is there." When the God of everlasting love shall change and leave His elect to perish, then may the Church of God be destroyed — but not till then; for it is written, Yahweh Shammah, "The Lord is there."