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Morning and Evening

April 15, Evening

C. H. Spurgeon · Modern retelling

"Lift them up for ever." — Psalm 28:9 · KJV

God's people need lifting up. They are very heavy by nature. They have no wings; or if they have, they are like the dove of old that lay among the pots, and they need divine grace to make them mount on wings covered with silver and feathers of yellow gold. By nature sparks fly upward, but the sinful souls of men fall downward. O Lord, "lift them up for ever!" David himself said, "Unto Thee, O God, do I lift up my soul," and here he feels the necessity that other men's souls should be lifted up as well as his own. When you ask this blessing for yourself, do not forget to seek it for others too. There are three ways in which God's people need to be lifted up. They need to be raised in character. Lift them up, O Lord; do not let Your people be like the world's people! The world lies in the wicked one — lift them out of it! The world's people are looking after silver and gold, seeking their own pleasures and the gratification of their lusts; but, Lord, lift Your people up above all this; keep them from being "muck-rakers," as John Bunyan calls the man who was always scraping after gold. Set their hearts on their risen Lord and their heavenly heritage! Moreover, believers need to be prospered in conflict. In the battle, if they seem to fall, O Lord, be pleased to give them the victory. If the foot of the foe is on their neck for a moment, help them to grasp the sword of the Spirit, and at last to win the battle. Lord, lift up Your children's spirits in the day of conflict; do not let them sit in the dust, mourning forever. Do not let the adversary vex them sorely and make them fret; but if they have been, like Hannah, persecuted, let them sing of the mercy of a delivering God. We may also ask our Lord to lift them up at the last — lift them up by taking them home, lift their bodies from the tomb, and raise their souls to Your eternal kingdom in glory.