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November 4 Daily Devotional

Morning and Evening

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

“All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit” (Acts 2:4).

Bible Reading

Acts 2:1–8

Devotional

The blessings of this day would be rich indeed if all of us were filled with the Holy Spirit. It would be impossible to overestimate the consequences of this sacred filling of the soul. Life, comfort, light, purity, power, peace, and many other precious blessings are inseparable from the Spirit’s benevolent presence.

As sacred oil, he anoints the head of the believer, sets him apart to the priesthood of saints, and gives him grace rightly to perform his office.

As the only truly purifying water he cleanses us from the power of sin and sanctifies us unto holiness, working in us to will and to do of the Lord’s good pleasure.

As the light, he made know to us at first our lost condition, and now he reveals the Lord Jesus to us and in us, and he guides us in the way of righteousness. Enlightened by his pure celestial ray, we are no more darkness but light in the Lord.

As fire, he both purges us from dross, and sets our consecrated nature ablaze. He is the sacrificial flame by which we are enabled to offer our whole souls as a living sacrifice unto God.

As heavenly dew, he removes our barrenness and fertilizes our lives. O that he would drop from above upon us at this early hour! Such morning dew would be a sweet commencement for the day.

As the dove, with wings of peaceful love he broods over his church and over the souls of believers.

And as a Comforter he dispels the cares and doubts which mar the peace of his beloved. He descends upon the chosen as upon the Lord in Jordan, and bears witness to their sonship by working in them a filial spirit by which they cry Abba, Father.

As the wind, he brings the breath of life to men; blowing where he wills he performs the quickening operations by which the spiritual creation is animated and sustained.

Would to God, that we might feel his presence this day and every day.

[June 19, morning meditation]

Extracted from C. H. Spurgeon, Morning and Evening (public domain), language modernized by Larry E. Wilson.

 

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