June 13 | Evening
6/13/20263 min
❖ This is the devotional for the evening of June 13.
❖ The Scripture for this devotion is Proverbs 30:8; Psalm 38:21.
❖ This podcast comes from Crossway's new edition of 'Morning and Evening' written by Charles H. Spurgeon and revised by Alistair Begg. This podcast is narrated by Frazer Blaxland.
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[gentle music] June 13th, evening. "Remove far from me falsehood and lying," Proverbs 30:8. "Do not forsake me, O Lord," Psalm 38:22. Here we have two great lessons: what to deprecate and what to supplicate. The happiest state of a Christian is the holiest state. Just as there is the most heat nearest to the sun, so there is the most happiness closest to Christ. No Christian enjoys comfort when his eyes are fixed on falsehood. He finds no satisfaction unless his soul is quickened in the ways of God. The world may find happiness elsewhere, but he cannot. I do not blame ungodly men for rushing to their pleasures. Why should I? Let them have their fill. That is all they have to enjoy. A converted wife who despaired of her husband was always very kind to him, for she said, "I fear that this is the only world in which he will be happy, and therefore I have made up my mind to make him as happy as I can in it." Christians must seek their delights in a higher sphere