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Morning and Evening

September 5, Morning

C. H. Spurgeon · Modern retelling

"Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar." — Psalm 120:5 · KJV

As a Christian, you have to live in the midst of an ungodly world, and it is of little use to cry, "Woe is me." Jesus did not pray that you should be taken out of the world, and what He did not pray for, you need not desire. Far better, in the Lord's strength, to meet the difficulty and glorify Him in it. The enemy is ever on the watch to catch any inconsistency in your conduct; therefore be very holy. Remember that all eyes are on you, and that more is expected of you than of other men. Strive to give no occasion for blame; let your goodness be the only fault they can find in you. Like Daniel, compel them to say, "We shall find no occasion against this Daniel, except we find it against him concerning the law of his God." Seek to be useful as well as consistent. Perhaps you think, "If I were in a more favorable position I might serve the Lord's cause, but I can do no good where I am"; yet the worse the people among whom you live, the more they need your efforts. If they are crooked, the more need that you set them straight; if they are perverse, the more need that you turn their proud hearts to the truth. Where should the physician be but where there are many sick? Where is a soldier's honor won but in the hottest fire of the battle? And when you are weary of the strife and sin that meet you on every hand, consider that all the saints have endured the same trial. They were not carried to heaven on beds of down, and you must not expect to travel more easily than they. They had to risk their lives even to death in the high places of the field, and you will not be crowned until you too have endured hardness as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. Therefore, "stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong."