October 9 Daily Devotional

Bible Reading

Psalm 30

Devotional

O Christian! If you are in a night of trial, think of tomorrow. Cheer on your heart with the thought of your Lord’s coming. Be patient, for

“Lo! He comes with clouds descending” (C. Wesley).

Be patient! The farmer waits until he reaps his harvest.

Be patient; for you know who has said, “Look, I am coming soon! My reward is with me, and I will give to each person according to what he has done” (Rev. 22:12).

If you are ever so wretched now, remember

“A few more rolling suns, at most,
will land thee on fair Canaan’s coast” (J. Brewer).

Your head may be crowned with thorny troubles now, but before long it will wear a starry crown. Your hand may be filled with worries now, but soon it will play the harp of heaven. Your clothes may be dirty now, but before long they will be bright. Wait a little longer. Ah! how trivial our troubles and trials will seem when we look back upon them! Looking at them here in anticipation, they seem immense; but when we get to heaven we shall then

“with transporting joys recount,
the labours of our feet” (I. Watts).

Our trials will then seem light and momentary afflictions.

Let us go on boldly. Even if the night is ever so dark, the morning will come, which those who are destined for the darkness of hell can never say. Do you know what it is to live on the future this way—to live in expectation—to anticipate heaven? How happy it is, believer, to have so sure, so comforting a hope. It may be all dark now, but soon it will be light. It may be all trial now, but soon it will be all happiness. What does it matter if “weeping may last through the night,” when “joy comes with the morning”?

[May 13, morning]

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