June 22 | Morning
6/22/20263 min
❖ This is the devotional for the morning of June 22.
❖ The Scripture for this devotion is Zechariah 6:13.
❖ 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 22nd, morning. It is he who shall build the temple of the Lord and shall bear royal honor. Zechariah 6:13. Christ himself is the builder of his spiritual temple, and he has built it on the mountains of his unchangeable affection, his omnipotent grace, and his infallible truthfulness. But as it was in Solomon's temple, so in this. The materials needed to be prepared. There are the cedars of Lebanon, but they are not framed for the building. They are not cut down and shaped and made into those planks of cedar whose fragrant beauty will make glad the courts of the Lord's house in paradise. There are also the rough stones still in the quarry, which must be hewn out and squared. All this is Christ's own work. Each individual believer is being prepared and polished and made ready for his place in the temple. But Christ's own hand performs the preparation work. Afflictions cannot sanctify except when they are used by him to fulfill his purpose. Our prayers and efforts cannot make us ready for heaven