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Morning and Evening

March 15, Evening

C. H. Spurgeon · Modern retelling

"He did it with all his heart and prospered." — 2 Chronicles 31:21 · KJV

This is no unusual thing; it is the general rule of the moral universe that those men prosper who do their work with all their hearts, while those who go to their labor leaving half their heart behind are almost certain to fail. God does not give harvests to idle men, except harvests of thistles, nor is He pleased to send wealth to those who will not dig in the field to find its hidden treasure. It is universally admitted that if a man would prosper, he must be diligent in business. It is the same in religion as in everything else. If you would prosper in your work for Jesus, let it be heart-work, and let it be done with all your heart. Put as much force, energy, heartiness, and earnestness into religion as you ever do into business, for it deserves far more. The Holy Spirit helps our infirmities, but He does not encourage our idleness; He loves active believers. Who are the most useful men in the Christian church? The men who do what they undertake for God with all their hearts. Who are the most successful teachers of the young? The most talented? No — the most zealous, the men whose hearts are on fire; these are the men who see their Lord riding forth prosperously in the majesty of His salvation. Whole-heartedness shows itself in perseverance; there may be failure at first, but the earnest worker will say, "It is the Lord's work, and it must be done; my Lord has bidden me do it, and in His strength I will accomplish it." Christian, are you serving your Master thus, "with all your heart"? Remember the earnestness of Jesus! Think what heart-work His was! He could say, "The zeal of Thine house hath eaten Me up." When He sweat great drops of blood, it was no light burden He carried on those blessed shoulders; and when He poured out His heart, it was no weak effort He made for the salvation of His people. Was Jesus in earnest, and shall we be lukewarm?