May 6 | Evening
5/6/20263 min
❖ This is the devotional for the evening of May 6.
❖ The Scripture for this devotion is Job 14:14.
❖ 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] May sixth, evening. All the days of my service I would wait. Job chapter fourteen, verse fourteen. A short stay on earth will make heaven more heavenly. Nothing makes rest so enjoyable as work. Nothing renders security so pleasant as exposure to danger. The bitter cups of earth will give a relish to the new wine that sparkles in the golden bowls of heaven. Our battered armor and scarred countenances will render more glorious our victory above when we are welcomed to the seats of those who have overcome the world. We would not have full fellowship with Christ if we did not sojourn for a while below, for He was baptized with a baptism of suffering among men, and we must be baptized with the same if we would share His kingdom. Fellowship with Christ is so honorable that the sorest sorrow is a light price by which to procure it. Another reason for our lingering here is for the good of others. We would not wish to enter heaven till our work is done, and it may be that we still have a part to play, shining as light in the dark wilderness of sin. Our prolonged stay here is doubtless for God's glory.