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Morning and Evening

April 18, Evening

C. H. Spurgeon · Modern retelling

"And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good." — Genesis 32:12 · KJV

When Jacob was on the far side of the brook Jabbok, and Esau was coming with armed men, he earnestly sought God's protection, and as his chief reason he pleaded, "And Thou saidst, I will surely do thee good." Oh, the force of that plea! He was holding God to His word: "Thou saidst." The attribute of God's faithfulness is a splendid horn of the altar to lay hold on; but the promise, which has in it the attribute and something more, is a mightier hold still: "Thou saidst, I will surely do thee good." And has He said, and shall He not do it? "Let God be true, but every man a liar." Shall He not be true? Shall He not keep His word? Shall not every word that comes out of His lips stand fast and be fulfilled? Solomon, at the opening of the temple, used this same mighty plea; he pleaded with God to remember the word He had spoken to his father David, and to bless that place. When a man gives a promissory note, his honor is engaged; he signs his name, and he must discharge it when the time comes, or lose his credit. It shall never be said that God dishonors His bills. The credit of the Most High never was impeached, and never shall be. He is punctual to the moment: He never is before His time, but He never is behind it. Search God's word through, and compare it with the experience of God's people, and you shall find the two agree from first to last. Many a gray-haired patriarch has said with Joshua, "Not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the Lord your God spake concerning you; all are come to pass." If you have a divine promise, you need not plead it with an "if"; you may urge it with certainty. The Lord meant to fulfill the promise, or He would not have given it. God does not give His words merely to quiet us, and to keep us hopeful for a while, intending to put us off at last; but when He speaks, it is because He means to do as He has said.