In Calm Repose

In Calm Repose, January 4
Author: Charles H. Spurgeon From the book: Faith's Checkbook

"I will make them to lie down safely." - Hosea 2:18

YES, the saints are to have peace. The passage from which this gracious word is taken speaks of peace "which the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground." This is peace with earthly enemies, with mysterious evils, and with little annoyances! Any of these might keep us from lying down, but none of them shall do so. The Lord will quite destroy those things which threaten His people: "I will break the bow and the sword, and the battle out of the earth." Peace will be profound indeed when all the instruments of disquiet are broken to pieces.

With this peace will come rest. "So he giveth his beloved sleep." Fully supplied and divinely quieted, believers lie down in calm repose.

This rest will be a safe one. It is one thing to lie down, but quite another "to lie down safely." We are brought to the land of promise, the house of the Father, the chamber of love, and the bosom of Christ: surely we may now "lie down safely." It is safer for a believer to lie down in peace than to sit up and worry.

"He maketh me to lie down in green pastures." We never rest till the Comforter makes us lie down.

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Wow! This goes straight with Psalm 23 as we were discussing in church today. God is so good to tie things together. Peace is given by God and that peace is something that will surpass all understanding. I loved this quote: "It is safer for a believer to lie down in peace than to sit up and worry." How true is that? When God gives you peace in a situation, that normally, in your flesh you'd be up worried and fretting over - why fret if God gives you the peace that passes understanding? That would say, "God, I don't trust you." Lord help us to deny our flesh and hold onto you, the One who gives peace and rest, the one to keep us safe. The one that makes us lie down in green pastures, the one that "restoreth my soul." We love you Lord, thank you! Agape.

"10. Resolved, when I feel pain, to think of the pains of martyrdom, and of hell." - Jonathan Edwards, 70 Resolutions.