“Bring him unto me.” ~ Spurgeon August 17 Morning

We served this week in a Revival Meeting at Faith Missionary Baptist Church in Bomont WV and were truly blessed.  Isn't it amazing how your intent is to go and be a blessing to a people who struggle every day to serve the Lord in a little church who's greatest normal Sunday attendence runs anywhere from 8 to 13 people; and then you come away realizing what a blessing they were to you!  That was this week!  Pastor Nick Bird and His precious wife, Juanita, and all the folks there at this little church could not have done more for this Preacher and wife, than these did.  The fellowship and special touches made our stay unique.  The ladies honored Linda with a sweet gift basket and made her feel uniquely special..... but through it all we were faced again with the fact that many of the trials and troubles this little band of people face are the same everywhere!  Their deepest desire is to see their children and grandchildren serve the Lord, and with gladness.  To surrender their lives to His Sweet Will ~ and be blessed beyond measure. . . but folks, we cannot make them. 

Then, this morning as I was reading, Spurgeons' devotion spoke to my heart! I do hope it will be a help and blessing to you!!!!

“Bring him unto me.”

Mark 9:19 ~ "He answereth him, and saith, O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him unto me."

Despairingly the poor disappointed father turned away from the disciples to their Master. His son was in the worst possible condition, and all means had failed, but the miserable child was soon delivered from the evil one when the parent in faith obeyed the Lord Jesus’ word, “Bring him unto me.”

Children are a precious gift from God, but much anxiety comes with them. They may be a great joy or a great bitterness to their parents; they may be filled with the Spirit of God, or possessed with the spirit of evil. In all cases, the Word of God gives us one receipt for the curing of all their ills, “Bring him unto me.”

O for more agonizing prayer on their behalf while they are yet babes! Sin is there, let our prayers begin to attack it. Our cries for our offspring should precede those cries which betoken their actual advent into a world of sin. In the days of their youth we shall see sad tokens of that dumb and deaf spirit which will neither pray aright, nor hear the voice of God in the soul, but Jesus still commands, “Bring them unto me.”

When they are grown up they may wallow in sin and foam with enmity against God; then when our hearts are breaking we should remember the great Physician’s words, “Bring them unto me.”

Never must we cease to pray until they cease to breathe. No case is hopeless while Jesus lives.  The Lord sometimes suffers his people to be driven into a corner that they may experimentally know how necessary he is to them. Ungodly children, when they show us our own powerlessness against the depravity of their hearts, drive us to flee to the strong for strength, and this is a great blessing to us. Whatever our morning’s need may be, let it like a strong current bear us to the ocean of divine love. Jesus can soon remove our sorrow, he delights to comfort us. Let us hasten to him while he waits to meet us.

God Bless,

Tom & Linda Milam

Phil. 2:16