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A Spurgeon Devotion:
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| Forsaking
Muddy Waters for the Better Drink of Christ |
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Jeremiah
2:18
And now what hast thou to do in the way of Egypt, to
drink the waters of Sihor? |
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| By sundry
miracles, by divers mercies, by strange deliverances Jehovah had
proved Himself to be worthy of Israel's trust. Yet they broke down
the hedges with which God had enclosed them as a sacred garden;
they forsook their own true and living God, and followed after
false gods. Constantly did the Lord reprove them for this
infatuation, and our text contains one instance of God's
expostulating with them, "What hast thou to do in the way of
Egypt, to drink the waters of the muddy river?"-for so it may
be translated. "Why dost thou wander afar and leave thine own
cool stream from Lebanon? Why dost thou forsake Jerusalem to turn
aside to Noph and to Tahapanes? Why art thou so strangely set on
mischief, that thou canst not be content with the good and
healthful, but wouldst follow after that which is evil and
deceitful?" Is there not here a word of expostulation and
warning to the Christian? O true believer, called by grace and
washed in the precious blood of Jesus, thou hast tasted of better
drink than the muddy river of this world's pleasure can give thee;
thou hast had fellowship with Christ; thou hast obtained the joy
of seeing Jesus, and leaning thine head upon His bosom. Do the
trifles, the songs, the honours, the merriment of this earth
content thee after that? Hast thou eaten the bread of angels, and
canst thou live on husks? Good Rutherford once said, "I have
tasted of Christ's own manna, and it hath put my mouth out of
taste for the brown bread of this world's joys." Methinks it
should be so with thee. If thou art wandering after the waters of
Egypt, O return quickly to the one living fountain: the waters of
Sihor may be sweet to the Egyptians, but they will prove only
bitterness to thee. What hast thou to do with them? Jesus asks
thee this question this evening-what wilt thou answer Him? (from
Evening Devotions, July 20th.) |
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