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Morning and Evening

November 11, Evening

C. H. Spurgeon · Modern retelling

"He shall choose our inheritance for us." — Psalm 47:4 · KJV

Believer, if your inheritance is a lowly one, you should be satisfied with your earthly portion, for you may be sure it is the fittest for you. Unerring wisdom ordained your lot and selected for you the safest and best condition. A ship of large tonnage is to be brought up the river; now, in one part of the stream there is a sandbank. Should someone ask, "Why does the captain steer through the deep part of the channel and stray so far from a straight line?" his answer would be, "Because I could not get my vessel into harbor at all if I did not keep to the deep channel." So, it may be, you would run aground and suffer shipwreck if your divine Captain did not steer you into the depths of affliction, where waves of trouble follow one another in quick succession. Some plants die if they have too much sunshine; it may be that you are planted where you get but little, put there by the loving Husbandman, because only in that spot will you bring forth fruit to perfection. Remember this: had any other condition been better for you than the one you are in, divine love would have put you there. You are placed by God in the most suitable circumstances; and if you had the choosing of your lot, you would soon cry, "Lord, choose my inheritance for me, for by my self-will I am pierced through with many sorrows." Be content with such things as you have, since the Lord has ordered all things for your good. Take up your own daily cross; it is the burden best suited to your shoulder, and will prove most effective to make you perfect in every good word and work, to the glory of God. Down, busy self and proud impatience! It is not for you to choose, but for the Lord of Love. Trials must and will befall; but to see, with humble faith, love inscribed upon them all — this is happiness to me.