Spurgeon Meditations

 

In my prosperity I said I shall never be moved.

Psa 30 6

Moab settled on his lees, he hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel. Give a man wealth; let his ships bring home continually rich freights; let the winds and waves appear to be his servants to bear his vessels across the bosom of the mighty deep; let his lands yield abundantly: let the weather be propitious to his crops; let uninterrupted success attend him; let him stand among men as a successful merchant; let him enjoy continued health; allow him with braced nerve and brilliant eye to march through the world and live happily; give him the buoyant spirit; let him have the song perpetually on his lips; let his eye be ever sparkling with joy--and the natural consequence of such an easy state to any man let him be the best Christian who ever breathed will be presumption; even David said I shall never be moved; and we are not better than David nor half so good. Brother beware of the smooth places of the way; if you are treading them or if the way be rough thank God for it. If God should always rock us in the cradle of prosperity; if we were always dandled on the knees of fortune; if we had not some stain on the alabaster pillar; if there were not a few clouds in the sky; if we had not some bitter drops in the wine of this life we should become intoxicated with pleasure we should dream "we stand;" and stand we should but it would be upon a pinnacle; like the man asleep upon the mast each moment we should be in jeopardy. We bless God then for our afflictions; we thank Him for our changes; we extol His name for losses of property; for we feel that had He not chastened us thus we might have become too secure. Continued worldly prosperity is a fiery trial. Afflictions, though they seem severe, In mercy oft are sent.


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