Spurgeon Meditations

 

The Lord is my portion, saith my soul.

Lam 3 24

It is not "The Lord is partly my portion nor The Lord is in my portion"; but He Himself makes up the sum total of my soul's inheritance. Within the circumference of that circle lies all that we possess or desire. The Lord is my portion. Not His grace merely nor His love nor His covenant but Jehovah Himself. He has chosen us for His portion and we have chosen Him for ours. It is true that the Lord must first choose our inheritance for us or else we shall never choose it for ourselves; but if we are really called according to the purpose of electing love we can sing-- Lov'd of my God for Him again With love intense I burn; Chosen of Him ere time began, I choose Him in return. The Lord is our all-sufficient portion. God fills Himself; and if God is all-sufficient in Himself He must be all-sufficient for us. It is not easy to satisfy man's desires. When he dreams that he is satisfied anon he wakes to the perception that there is somewhat yet beyond and straightway the horse-leech in his heart cries Give, give. But all that we can wish for is to be found in our divine portion so that we ask Whom have I inheaven but Thee? and there is none upon earth that I desirebeside Thee. Well may we "delight ourselves in the Lord" who makes us to drink of the river of His pleasures. Our faith stretches her wings and mounts like an eagle into the heaven of divine love as to her proper dwelling-place. "The lines have fallen to us in pleasant places; yea we have a goodly heritage." Let us rejoice in the Lord always; let us show to the world that we are a happy and a blessed people and thus induce them to exclaim We will go with you, for we have heard thatGod is with you.


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