June 20 | Evening
6/20/20263 min
❖ This is the devotional for the evening of June 20.
❖ The Scripture for this devotion is Mark 1:18.
❖ 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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[soft music] June 20th, evening. And immediately they left their nets and followed Him. Mark 1:18. When they heard the call of Jesus, Simon and Andrew obeyed at once without hesitation. If we did likewise and punctually with resolute zeal put into practice what we hear immediately, then our attendance at the means of grace and our reading of good books cannot fail to enrich us spiritually. He will not lose his loaf who has taken care to eat it immediately. Neither can he be deprived of the benefit of the doctrine who has already acted upon it. Most readers and hearers become moved to decide to take action, but sadly, the proposal is a blossom that has not flowered, and as a result, no fruit comes from it. They wait, they waver, and then they forget until like the ponds on frosty nights when the sun shines by day, they are only thawed in time to be frozen again. That fatal tomorrow is blood-red with the murder of good resolutions. It is the slaughterhouse of the innocents. We are very concerned that our little book of evening readings should not be fruitless, and therefore we pray