The PyroManiacs devote some space each weekend to highlights from the lifetime of works from the Prince of Preachers, Charles Haddon Spurgeon. The following excerpt is from Till He Come, pages 124-125, Pilgrim Publications.
"If thou wouldst enjoy communion with the Lord Jesus in the reception of His grace, endeavour to be always sensibly drawing supplies from Him."
Make thy needs public in the streets of thine heart, and when the supply is granted,
let all the powers of thy soul be present at the reception of it. Let no mercy
come into thine house unsung. Note in thy memory the list of thy Master’s
benefits.
Wherefore should the Lord’s bounties be hurried away in the
dark, or buried in forgetfulness? Keep the gates of thy soul ever open, and
sit thou by the wayside to watch the treasures of grace which God the
Spirit hourly conveys into thy heart from Jehovah-Jesus, thy Lord.
Never let
an hour pass without drawing upon the bank of heaven. If all thy wants
seem satisfied, look steadfastly until the next moment brings another need, and
then delay not, but with this warrant of necessity, hasten to thy treasury
again.
Thy necessities are so numerous that thou wilt never lack a reason
for applying to the fulness of Jesus; but if ever such an occasion should
arise, enlarge thine heart, and then there will be need of more love to fill
the wider space. But do not allow any supposititious riches of thine own to
suspend thy daily receivings from the Lord Jesus. You have constant
need of Him. You need His intercession, His upholding, His sanctification;
you need that He should work all your works in you, and that He
should preserve you unto the day of His appearing.
There is not one
moment of your life in which you can do without Christ. Therefore be always at
His door, and the wants which you bemoan shall be remembrances
to turn your heart unto your Saviour. Thirst makes the heart pant for
the water-brooks, and pain reminds man of the physician. Let your wants
conduct you to Jesus, and may the blessed Spirit reveal Him unto you while
He lovingly affords you the rich supplies of His love!
Go, poor saint,
let thy poverty be the cord to draw thee to thy rich Brother. Rejoice in the
infirmity which makes room for grace to rest upon thee, and be glad that thou
hast constant needs which compel thee perpetually to hold fellowship
with thine adorable Redeemer.
Study
thyself, seek out thy necessities, as the housewife searches for chambers
where she may bestow her summer fruits. Regard thy wants as rooms to
be filled with more of the grace of Jesus, and suffer no corner to be
unoccupied. Pant after more of Jesus. Be covetous after Him. Let all the past
incite thee to seek greater things.
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