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Morning and Evening

November 4, Morning

C. H. Spurgeon · Modern retelling

"For my strength is made perfect in weakness." — 2 Corinthians 12:9 · KJV

A primary qualification for serving God with any success, and for doing His work well and triumphantly, is a sense of our own weakness. When God's warrior marches to battle strong in his own might, boasting, "I know I shall conquer; my own right arm and my conquering sword will get me the victory," defeat is not far off. God will not go forth with the man who marches in his own strength. He who reckons on victory that way has reckoned wrongly, for "it is not by might, nor by power, but by My Spirit, saith the Lord of hosts." Those who go out to fight boasting of their prowess shall come back with their gay banners trailed in the dust, and their armor stained with disgrace. Those who serve God must serve Him in His own way, and in His strength, or He will never accept their service. What man does, unaided by divine strength, God can never own. The mere fruits of the earth He casts away; He will reap only that corn whose seed was sown from heaven, watered by grace, and ripened by the sun of divine love. God will empty out all that you have before He puts His own into you; He will first clear out your granaries before He fills them with the finest of the wheat. The river of God is full of water, but not one drop of it flows from earthly springs. God will have no strength used in His battles but the strength He Himself imparts. Are you mourning over your own weakness? Take courage, for there must be a consciousness of weakness before the Lord will give you victory. Your emptiness is but the preparation for your being filled, and your casting down is but the making ready for your lifting up. When I am weak, then am I strong; grace is my shield, and Christ my song.