Spurgeon Meditations

 

And the evening and the morning were the first day.

Gen 1 5

The evening was "darkness" and the morning was "light and yet the two together are called by the name that is given tothe light alone! This is somewhat remarkable, but it has anexact analogy in spiritual experience. In every believer thereis darkness and light, and yet he is not to be named a sinnerbecause there is sin in him, but he is to be named a saintbecause he possesses some degree of holiness. This will be amost comforting thought to those who are mourning theirinfirmities, and who ask, Can I be a child of God while there is so much darkness in me?" Yes; for you like the day take not your name from the evening but from the morning; and you are spoken of in the word of God as if you were even now perfectly holy as you will be soon. You are called the child of light though there is darkness in you still. You are named after what is the predominating quality in the sight of God which will one day be the only principle remaining. Observe that the evening comes first. Naturally we are darkness first in order of time and the gloom is often first in our mournful apprehension driving us to cry out in deep humiliation God be merciful tome, a sinner. The place of the morning is second it dawns when grace overcomes nature. It is a blessed aphorism of John Bunyan That which is last, lasts for ever. That which is first yields in due season to the last; but nothing comes after the last. So that though you are naturally darkness when once you become light in the Lord there is no evening to follow; "thy sun shall no more go down." The first day in this life is an evening and a morning; but the second day when we shall be with God for ever shall be a day with no evening but one sacred high eternal noon.


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