May 3 | Morning
5/3/20263 min
❖ This is the devotional for the morning of May 3.
❖ The Scripture for this devotion is John 16:33.
❖ 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] May third, morning. In the world you will have tribulation, John 16:33. Are you asking why this should be, believer? Look upward to your heavenly Father and behold Him pure and holy. Do you know that you are one day to be like Him? Will you easily be conformed to His image? Will you not require much refining in the furnace of affliction to purify you? Will it be an easy thing to get rid of your corruptions and make you perfect even as your Father in heaven is perfect? Next, Christian, turn your eye downward. Do you know what foes you have beneath your feet? You were once a servant of Satan, and no king will willingly lose his subjects. Do you think that Satan will leave you alone? No, he will always be at you, for he prowls around like a roaring lion seeking someone to devour. Expect trouble then, Christian, when you look beneath you. Then look around you. Where are you? You are in enemy country, a stranger and an alien. The world is not your friend. If it is, then you are not God's friend, for whoever is the friend of the world is the enemy of God. Be certain