It’s been a while since I have posted something from dear C.H. Spurgeon. And every time I do find myself sharing something from that saint of times past I find myself in joyful regret that I might never read enough from him.

Here are two devotional entries taken from Spurgeon’s “Daily Help” and “Beside Still Waters.”

Living by faith.

Now it is evident that no one is justified before God by the law, for “The righteous shall live by faith.” (Galatians 3:11 ESV)

Faith is the great sustaining energy when you are under trials, difficulties, suffering, or hard labor. The Holy Spirit implants an active, operative faith in the Christian. It is sent to sustain you during trials, and it is a riddle that we cannot explain. Divine purpose eternally fixes everything; nevertheless, the prayer of faith moves the arm of God. And though the mystery cannot be explained, the facts cannot be denied.

My brothers and sisters may think me fanatical, but it is my firm belief that in ordinary matters, such as obtaining your living, educating your children, and running your household, you are to depend on God as much as in the grand matter of salvation. “The very hairs of your head are all numbered” (Matt. 10:30), so go to God with your trifles. Not a sparrow falls to the ground apart from your Father’s will (Matt. 10:29), so throw your minor trials on the Lord. Never think that anything is too little for your heavenly Father’s love. He who rides the whirlwind (Is. 66:15) also walks in the garden in the cool of the day (Gen. 3:8). He who shakes the avalanche from its mountain (Ps. 46:3) also makes the autumn leaf twinkle as it falls from the aspen. “He has stretched out the heavens by His understanding” (Jer. 51:15). He guides each grain of dust that is blown from the summer’s threshing floor.

Confide in Him for the little as well as for the great. You will find that He does not fail. He is the God of the hills as well as the God of the valleys.

—Spurgeon, C. H. ; Clarke, Roy H., Beside Still Waters—Words of Comfort for the Soul: September 25

Do you think, Christian, that you can measure the love of Christ?

Think of what His love has brought you—justification, adoption, sanctification, eternal life!

The riches of His goodness are unsearchable!

Oh, the breadth of the love of Christ!

Will such a love as this have half our hearts?

Will Jesus’ marvelous loving-kindness and tender care meet with but faint response and tardy acknowledgment?

Oh my soul, tune your heart to a glad song of thanksgiving!

Go through the day rejoicing, for you are no desolate wanderer but a beloved child, watched over, cared for, supplied, and defended by your Lord.

—C.H. Spurgeon, Daily Help: September 25