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Morning and Evening

June 7, Evening

C. H. Spurgeon · Modern retelling

"Be zealous." — Revelation 3:19 · KJV

If you want to see souls converted, to hear the cry that "the kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord," to place crowns on the Savior's head and see His throne lifted high, then be filled with zeal. For, under God, the world's conversion must come by the zeal of the church. Every grace shall do exploits, but this one goes first: prudence, knowledge, patience, and courage follow in their places, but zeal must lead the charge. It is not the extent of your knowledge, though that is useful, nor the extent of your talent, though that is not to be despised—it is your zeal that shall do great exploits. This zeal is the fruit of the Holy Spirit; it draws its vital force from His continued working in the soul. If our inner life dwindles and our heart beats slowly before God, we will not know zeal; but if all is strong and vigorous within, we cannot help feeling a loving anxiety to see the kingdom of Christ come and His will done on earth as it is in heaven. A deep sense of gratitude nourishes Christian zeal: looking to the hole of the pit from which we were dug, we find abundant reason to spend and be spent for God. Zeal is also stirred by the thought of the eternal future. It looks with tearful eyes down to the flames of hell and cannot slumber; it looks up with anxious gaze to the glories of heaven and cannot help bestirring itself. It feels that time is short compared with the work to be done, and so it devotes all it has to the cause of its Lord. And it is constantly strengthened by remembering Christ's example, for He was clothed with zeal as with a cloak. How swiftly the chariot wheels of duty moved with Him! He knew no loitering along the way. Let us prove that we are His disciples by showing the same spirit of zeal.