He with Us; We with Him

He with Us; We with Him, June 22
Author: Charles H. Spurgeon From the book: Faith's Checkbook

"The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened" - Proverbs 10:27

There is no doubt about it. The fear of the LORD leads to virtuous habits, and these prevent that waste of life which comes of sin and vice. The holy rest which springs out of faith in the LORD Jesus also greatly helps a man when he is ill. Every physician rejoices to have a patient whose mind is fully at ease. Worry kills, but confidence in God is like healing medicine.

We have therefore all the arrangements for long life, and if it be really for our good, we shall see a good old age and come to our graves as shocks of corn in their season. Let us not be overcome with sudden expectation of death the moment we have a finger-ache, but let us rather expect that we may have to work on through a considerable length of days.

And what if we should soon be called to the higher sphere? Certainly there would be nothing to deplore in such a summons but everything to rejoice in. Living or dying we are the LORD's. If we live, Jesus will be with us; if we die, we shall be with Jesus.

The truest lengthening of life is to live while we live, wasting no time but using every hour for the highest ends. So be it this day.

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I have been thinking about this lately. That I am taking life for granted. I know what the future holds for me, I know what God has in store for me, but the sad thing is I don't commit each day to the Lord as often as I should. My mind often wanders or I allow myself to become distracted with work or stress or television or even music. This is a great reminder that life is not worth living if I don't give my all to the Lord. Afterall, He saved me, He brought me into His family, made me an heir of His promised land. What else compares to such a life and future? Also, just think of how useful I could be, if I remembered to take every thought captive and find the Lord's lesson in everything. Agape.