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Morning and Evening

February 20, Morning

C. H. Spurgeon · Modern retelling

"God, that comforteth those that are cast down." — 2 Corinthians 7:6 · KJV

And who comforts like Him? Go to some poor, melancholy, distressed child of God; tell him sweet promises and whisper choice words of comfort in his ear — he is like the deaf adder that will not listen to the voice of the charmer, charm he never so wisely. He is drinking gall and wormwood, and comfort him as you may, you will get from him only a note or two of mournful resignation; you will bring forth no psalms of praise, no hallelujahs, no joyful songs. But let God come to His child, let Him lift up His countenance, and the mourner's eyes glisten with hope. Do you not hear him sing that it is paradise if God is present, but hell if He departs? You could not have cheered him, but the Lord has done it: "He is the God of all comfort." There is no balm in Gilead, but there is balm in God; there is no physician among the creatures, but the Creator is Yahweh-Rophi, the Lord who heals. It is marvelous how one sweet word of God will make whole songs for Christians. One word of God is like a piece of gold, and the Christian is the goldbeater who can hammer that promise out for whole weeks. So then, poor Christian, you need not sit down in despair. Go to the Comforter and ask Him to give you consolation. You are a poor dry well. You have heard it said that when a pump is dry you must first pour water down it, and then you will get water; so, Christian, when you are dry, go to God, ask Him to shed His joy abroad in your heart, and then your joy shall be full. Do not go to earthly friends, for you will find them Job's comforters after all; but go first and foremost to your "God, that comforteth those that are cast down," and you will soon say, "In the multitude of my thoughts within me Thy comforts delight my soul."