Psalm 39:8 Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish. I. LET US SAY SOMETHING IN PRAISE OF MUSING. We do not do much of this in these days. We prefer what is amusing to musing, by a great deal. But — 1. It is well to muse on the things of God because thus we get the nutriment out of them. Mere hearing or reading without this will not serve. 2. It fixes the truth in the memory. If we would have truth photographed upon our hearts, we must keep it long before the spiritual lens. 3. It lends us into the secrets of truth. 4. It ministers joy. "My meditation of him shall be sweet." 5. And it becomes easier by practice. A man has never a slack hand or a cold heart who is much in meditation. It is a blessed art. II. PUT SOME FUEL ON THE FIRE OF MEDITATION, How many are the topics which might be suggested. Eternal love. Dying love. Salvation. Heaven. Hell. And to you who are unregenerate I would urge your musing on your present state. What your end must be if you continue as you are. Of the Lord Jesus Christ. Beware lest the day come when thou wilt have to muse without hope. ( C. H. Spurgeon.) Parallel Verses KJV: Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.WEB: Deliver me from all my transgressions. Don't make me the reproach of the foolish. |
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