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Writer:
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Charles Spurgeon |
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Scripture:
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Ruth 2:14 |
Devotional:
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And she did eat, and was sufficed, and left.
Whenever we are privileged to eat of the bread which Jesus
gives, we are, like Ruth, satisfied with the full and sweet
repast. When Jesus is the host no guest goes empty from the
table. Our head is satisfied with the precious truth which
Christ reveals; our heart is content with Jesus, as the
altogether lovely object of affection; our hope is
satisfied, for whom have we in heaven but Jesus? and our desire
is satiated, for what can we wish for more than "to know Christ
and to be found in him?" Jesus fills our conscience till it
is at perfect peace; our judgment with persuasion of the
certainty of his teachings; our memory with recollections of
what he has done, and our imagination with the prospects of
what he is yet to do. As Ruth was "sufficed, and left", so
is it with us. We have had deep draughts; we have thought that
we could take in all of Christ; but when we have done our best
we have had to leave a vast remainder. We have sat at the table
of the Lord's love, and said, "Nothing but the infinite can ever
satisfy me; I am such a great sinner that I must have infinite
merit to wash my sin away;" but we have had our sin removed, and
found that there was merit to spare; we have had our hunger
relieved at the feast of sacred love, and found that there was a
redundance of spiritual meat remaining. There are certain sweet
things in the Word of God which we have not enjoyed yet, and
which we are obliged to leave for awhile; for we are like the
disciples to whom Jesus said, "I have yet many things to say
unto you, but ye cannot bear them now." Yes, there are graces to
which we have not attained; places of fellowship nearer to
Christ which we have not reached; and heights of communion which
our feet have not climbed. At every banquet of love there are
many baskets of fragments left. Let us magnify the liberality of
our glorious Boaz.
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Spurgeon's Daily Devotional
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