Daily Devotional
Charles Spurgeon
"Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide."
Genesis 24:63
Very
admirable was his occupation. If those who spend so many hours in idle
company, light reading, and useless pastimes, could learn wisdom, they
would find more profitable society and more interesting engagements in
meditation than in the vanities which now have such charms for them. We
should all know more, live nearer to God, and grow in grace, if we were
more alone. Meditation chews the cud and extracts the real nutriment
from the mental food gathered elsewhere. When Jesus is the theme,
meditation is sweet indeed. Isaac found Rebecca while engaged in private
musings; many others have found their best beloved there.
Very
admirable was the choice of place. In the field we have a study hung
round with texts for thought.
From the cedar to the hyssop, from the
soaring eagle down to the chirping grasshopper, from the blue expanse of
heaven to a drop of dew, all things are full of teaching, and when the
eye is divinely opened, that teaching flashes upon the mind far more
vividly than from written books. Our little rooms are neither so
healthy, so suggestive, so agreeable, or so inspiring as the fields. Let
us count nothing common or unclean, but feel that all created things
point to their Maker, and the field will at once be hallowed.
Very
admirable was the season. The season of sunset as it draws a veil over
the day, befits that repose of the soul when earthborn cares yield to
the joys of heavenly communion. The glory of the setting sun excites our
wonder, and the solemnity of approaching night awakens our awe. If the
business of this day will permit it, it will be well, dear reader, if
you can spare an hour to walk in the field at eventide, but if not, the
Lord is in the town too, and will meet with thee in thy chamber or in
the crowded street. Let thy heart go forth to meet him.
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