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Morning and Evening

September 1, Evening

C. H. Spurgeon · Modern retelling

"Trust in Him at all times." — Psalm 62:8 · KJV

Faith is as much the rule of temporal life as of spiritual; we ought to have faith in God for our earthly affairs as well as our heavenly business. Only as we learn to trust God for the supply of all our daily need shall we live above the world. We are not to be idle — that would show we trusted not in God, who works even now, but in the devil, who is the father of idleness. Nor are we to be imprudent or rash; that would be to trust chance, and not the living God, who is a God of order. Acting with all prudence and uprightness, we are to rely simply and entirely on the Lord at all times. Let me commend to you a life of trust in God in temporal things. Trusting God, you will not be driven to mourn that you used sinful means to grow rich. Serve God with integrity, and if you gain no success, at least no sin will lie on your conscience. Trusting God, you will not be guilty of self-contradiction. He who trusts in craft sails this way today and that way tomorrow, like a ship tossed about by the fickle wind; but he who trusts in the Lord is like a vessel driven by steam — she cuts through the waves, defies the wind, and makes one bright, straight track to her destined haven. Be a man of living principles within; never bow to the shifting customs of worldly wisdom. Walk your path of integrity with steadfast steps, and show that you are invincibly strong in the strength that confidence in God alone can give. So you will be delivered from gnawing care; you will not be troubled by evil tidings; your heart will be fixed, trusting in the Lord. How pleasant to float along the stream of providence! There is no more blessed way of living than a life of dependence on a covenant-keeping God. We have no care, for He cares for us; we have no troubles, because we cast our burdens on the Lord.