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Morning and Evening

June 3, Morning

C. H. Spurgeon · Modern retelling

"These were potters, and those that dwelt among plants and hedges: there they dwelt with the king for his work." — 1 Chronicles 4:23 · KJV

Potters were not the very highest grade of workers, but "the king" needed potters, and therefore they were in royal service, although the material they worked on was nothing but clay. We too may be engaged in the most menial part of the Lord's work, but it is a great privilege to do anything for "the king"; and therefore we will abide in our calling, hoping that, "though we have lain among the pots, yet shall we be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold." The text tells us of those who dwelt among plants and hedges, having rough, rustic hedging and ditching work to do. They may have desired to live in the city, amid its life, society, and refinement, but they kept their appointed places, for they too were doing the king's work. The place of our habitation is fixed, and we are not to move from it out of whim or caprice, but to seek to serve the Lord in it, by being a blessing to those among whom we live. These potters and gardeners had royal company, for they dwelt "with the king"; and though among hedges and plants, they dwelt with the king there. No lawful place, no gracious occupation, however humble, can debar us from communion with our divine Lord. In visiting hovels, crowded lodging-houses, workhouses, or jails, we may go with the king. In all works of faith we may count on Jesus' fellowship. It is when we are in His work that we may reckon on His smile. You unknown workers, who labor for your Lord amid the dirt and wretchedness of the lowest of the low, be of good cheer, for jewels have been found on dunghills before now, earthen pots have been filled with heavenly treasure, and weeds have been transformed into precious flowers. Dwell with the King for His work, and when He writes His chronicles, your name shall be recorded.