by Charles Spurgeon...
Dear Believer,
If you are in trouble, the voice of that trouble is designed to draw you nearer to God. God has favored you, favored you with an extraordinary means of growth in grace. To use Rutherford's simile, "He has put you down in the wine cellar in the dark. Now begin to try the well-refined wines on the lees (Isa 25:6) He has brought you to a sandy desert. Now begin to seek the treasures that are hid in the sand."
Believe that the deepest afflictions are always neighbors to the highest joys. The greatst possible privileges lie close to the darkest trials. The more bitter your sorrow, the louder your song at the end. There is a reason, and that reason faith may discover and experience may live on. Our afflictions are the highway that leads us closer to God. Our troubles area fiery chariot to bring us to God. Our afflictions, wave upon wave, will drive our souls nearer heaven. It is a blessed thing when God's judgments bring us closer to Him.
May God bless you, my tested friend.
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