Psalm 119:57
Look
at thy possessions, O believer, and compare thy portion with the lot of
thy fellowmen. Some of them have their portion in the field; they are
rich, and their harvests yield them a golden increase; but what are
harvests compared with thy God, who is the God of harvests? What are
bursting granaries compared with him, who is the Husbandman, and feeds
thee with the bread of heaven? Some have their portion in the city;
their wealth is abundant, and flows to them in constant streams, until
they become a very reservoir of gold; but what is gold compared with thy
God? Thou couldst not live on it; thy spiritual life could not be
sustained by it. Put it on a troubled conscience, and could it allay its
pangs? Apply it to a desponding heart, and see if it could stay a
solitary groan, or give one grief the less? But thou hast God, and in
him thou hast more than gold or riches ever could buy. Some have their
portion in that which most men love--applause and fame; but ask thyself,
is not thy God more to thee than that? What if a myriad clarions should
be loud in thine applause, would this prepare thee to pass the Jordan,
or cheer thee in prospect of judgment? No, there are griefs in life
which wealth cannot alleviate; and there is the deep need of a dying
hour, for which no riches can provide. But when thou hast God for thy
portion, thou hast more than all else put together. In him every want is
met, whether in life or in death. With God for thy portion thou art
rich indeed, for he will supply thy need, comfort thy heart, assuage thy
grief, guide thy steps, be with thee in the dark valley, and then take
thee home, to enjoy him as thy portion forever. "I have enough," said
Esau; this is the best thing a worldly man can say, but Jacob replies,
"I have all things," which is a note too high for carnal minds.Charles Spurgeon
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