Spurgeon Meditations

 

The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

Psa 27 1

The Lord is my light and my salvation. Here is personal interest my light, my salvation ; the soul is assured of it and therefore declares it boldly. Into the soul at the new birth divine light is poured as the precursor of salvation; where there is not enough light to reveal our own darkness and to make us long for the Lord Jesus there is no evidence of salvation. After conversion our God is our joy comfort guide teacher and in every sense our light: He is light within light around light reflected from us and light to be revealed to us. Note it is not said merely that the Lord gives light but that He is light; nor that He gives salvation but that He is salvation; he then who by faith has laid hold upon God has all covenant blessings in his possession. This being made sure as a fact the argument drawn from it is put in the form of a question Whom shall I fear? A question which is its own answer. The powers of darkness are not to be feared for the Lord our light destroys them; and the damnation of hell is not to be dreaded by us for the Lord is our salvation. This is a very different challenge from that of boastful Goliath for it rests not upon the conceited vigour of an arm of flesh but upon the real power of the omnipotent I AM. "The Lord is the strength of my life." Here is a third glowing epithet to show that the writer's hope was fastened with a threefold cord which could not be broken. We may well accumulate terms of praise where the Lord lavishes deeds of grace. Our life derives all its strength from God; and if He deigns to make us strong we cannot be weakened by all the machinations of the adversary. "Of whom shall I be afraid?" The bold question looks into the future as well as the present. "If God be for us who can be against us,either now or in time to come?% 06/17/PM Then Israel sang this song Spring up O well; sing ye unto it." --Numbers 21:17 Famous was the well of Beer in the wilderness because it was the subject of a promise: "That is the well whereof the Lord spake unto Moses Gather the people together and I will give them water." The people needed water and it was promised by their gracious God. We need fresh supplies of heavenly grace and in the covenant the Lord has pledged Himself to give all we require. The well next became the cause of a song. Before the water gushed forth cheerful faith prompted the people to sing; and as they saw the crystal fount bubbling up the music grew yet more joyous. In like manner we who believe the promise of God should rejoice in the prospect of divine revivals in our souls and as we experience them our holy joy should overflow. Are we thirsting? Let us not murmur but sing. Spiritual thirst is bitter to bear but we need not bear it--the promise indicates a well; let us be of good heart and look for it. Moreover the well was the centre of prayer. "Spring up O well." What God has engaged to give we must enquire after or we manifest that we have neither desire nor faith. This evening let us ask that the Scripture we have read and our devotional exercises may not be an empty formality but a channel of grace to our souls. O that God the Holy Spirit would work in us with all His mighty power filling us with all the fulness of God. Lastly the well was the object of effort. "The nobles of the people digged it with their staves." The Lord would have us active in obtaining grace. Our staves are ill adapted for digging in the sand but we must use them to the utmost of our ability. Prayer must not be neglected; the assembling of ourselves together must not be forsaken; ordinances must not be slighted. The Lord will give us His peace most plenteously but not in a way of idleness. Let us then bestir ourselves to seek Him in whom are all our fresh springs.


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