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Morning and Evening

March 26, Morning

C. H. Spurgeon · Modern retelling

"Jesus said unto them, If ye seek Me, let these go their way." — John 18:8 · KJV

Mark, my soul, the care Jesus showed, even in His hour of trial, toward the sheep of His hand! The ruling passion is strong in death. He resigns Himself to the enemy, but interposes a word of power to set His disciples free. As to Himself, like a sheep before her shearers He is dumb, and opens not His mouth; but for His disciples' sake He speaks with almighty energy. Here is love — constant, self-forgetting, faithful love. But is there not far more here than appears on the surface? Have we not the very soul and spirit of the atonement in these words? The Good Shepherd lays down His life for the sheep, and pleads that therefore they must go free. The Surety is bound, and justice demands that those for whom He stands substitute should go their way. In the midst of Egypt's bondage that voice rings out as a word of power: "Let these go their way." Out of the slavery of sin and Satan the redeemed must come. In every cell of the dungeons of Despair the sound is echoed, "Let these go their way," and forth come Despondency and Much-afraid. Satan hears the well-known voice and lifts his foot from the neck of the fallen; Death hears it, and the grave opens her gates to let the dead arise. Their way is one of progress, holiness, triumph, and glory, and none shall dare stay them in it. No lion shall be in their path, nor shall any ravenous beast go up on it. The hind of the morning has drawn the cruel hunters upon Himself, and now the most timid deer of the field may graze in perfect peace among the lilies of His love. The thundercloud has burst over the cross of Calvary, and the pilgrims of Zion shall never be struck by the bolts of vengeance. Come, my heart, rejoice in the freedom your Redeemer has secured for you, and bless His name all the day, and every day.