Daily reflection and inspiration from the "Prince of Preachers," Charles Haddon Spurgeon.
Friday, March 23, 2012
Your labors will live on
And establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it. (Psalm 90:17)
Let what we do be done in truth, and last when we are in the grave; may the work of the present generation minister permanently to the building tip of the nation. Good men are anxious not to work in vain. They know that without the Lord they can do nothing, and therefore they cry to him for help in the work, for acceptance of their efforts, and for the establishment of their designs. The church as a whole earnestly desires that the hand of the Lord may so work with the hand of his people, that a substantial, yea, an eternal edifice to the praise and glory of God may be the result.
We come and go, but the Lord's work abides. We are content to die so long as Jesus lives and his kingdom grows. Since the Lord abides for ever the same, we trust our work in his hands, and feel that since it is far more his work than ours he will secure it immortality. When we have withered like grass our our holy service, like gold, silver, and precious stones, will survive the fire.
From the "Treasury of David" by Charles Haddon Spurgeon, exposition of Psalm 90. Image by Ryan.Berry on Flickr under Creative Commons License.
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