The famous evangelical preacher, Spurgeon, ended one of his sermons with the words, “O ye of little faith. Little faith will bring your souls to heaven, but great: faith will bring heaven to you.” Then, dear reader, don’t you think it will be a blessing to you if you go in for great faith―even faith as a grain of mustard seed, for our blessed Lord told us the amazing truth, that if we have faith as a grain of mustard seed we can “remove mountains! If ye believe and doubt not.” Let us make it a matter of prayer that we may not doubt. Now I quote what Mr. Spurgeon said, and if you have heard it before, you will enjoy it again and laugh with him. Yes, shout for joy, which surely means a laugh of joy (see Psalms 32 last verse).
“Why do we hesitate to fully trust the Lord? Do we not thereby show unbounded foolishness? Mr. Spurgeon, as he thus mused, wrote: ― ‘The other evening I was riding home after a heavy day’s work. I felt weary and sore depressed, when suddenly as a lightning flash came the verse, “My grace is sufficient for thee.” And I said, “I should think it is, Lord”; and burst out laughing. It seemed to make unbelief so absurd. It was as if some little fish, being very thirsty, was troubled about drinking the river dry, and Father Thames said, “Drink away, little fish, my stream is sufficient for thee.” Or it seemed like a little mouse in the granaries of Egypt after seven years of plenty fearing it might die of famine; and Joseph might say, “Cheer up, little mouse, my granaries are sufficient for thee.” Again, I imagined a man away up on yonder mountain saying to himself, “I fear I shall exhaust all the oxygen in the atmosphere.” But the earth might say, “Breathe away, O man, and fill thy lungs ever; my atmosphere is sufficient for thee.” O brethren, be great believers! Little faith will bring your souls to heaven, but great faith will bring heaven to you.”
Well, if we really believe that “My grace is sufficient for thee,” how joyous and happy should we be, and thereby letting our light shine before men. The light of the Divine Presence of the Holy Spirit in our hearts making your and my heart His continual abode, so that we may glorify Him and bring forth fruit to His glory.
Emily P. Leakey.