Great Cedars of Lebanon
With thanks to Heartlight’s Spurgeon’s Daily Devotional Morning and Evening
“The cedars of Lebanon which he hath planted.”
Psalms 104:16
Lebanon’s cedars are emblematic of the Christian, in that they owe their planting entirely to the Lord. This is quite true of every child of God. He is not man-planted, nor self-planted, but God-planted. The mysterious hand of the divine Spirit dropped the living seed into a heart which he had himself prepared for its reception. Every true heir of heaven owns the great Husbandman as his planter. Moreover, the cedars of Lebanon are not dependent [...]
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November 16th.
STILL HUMAN!
“Whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.” 1 Corinthians 10:31
The great marvel of the Incarnation slips into ordinary childhood’s life; the great marvel of the Transfiguration vanishes in the devil-possessed valley; the glory of the Resurrection descends into a breakfast on the sea-shore. This is not an anti-climax, but a great revelation of God.
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