Go to My Father - Luke 5:18

Charles H. Spurgeon from Beside Still Waters...Words of Comfort for the Soul - Roy H. Clarke, Editor.


When you are suffering from severe pain, when you are surrounded by bitter grief, when you are depressed, pray.  Do not cry for the sake of crying, and do not moan to the physician or the nurse.  Cry, "Father."  For isn't this how a lost child cries?

Have you ever cried to God?  Have you ever said, "Father"?  Oh may Father put His love in your heart.  May He make you say, " I will arise and go to my Father" (Luke 5:18).  If that cry is in your heart and on your lips then you will truly be a child of God.

Give yourself to God.  Trust in Him.  Every morning when you arise, put yourself in God's divine protection.  Every night before you fall asleep, give yourself to Hm who is able to keep you when the image of death is on your face.  Before you fall asleep, commit yourself to God.  Do it when there is nothing to frighten you, when everything is going smoothly, when the south wind blows softly and your ship is speeding toward its desired haven.

Realize God's personal and continuous presence.  "Father, into Your hands I commit My Spirit"  (Luke 23:46).  Say to Him, "You are here, Father.  I know that You are here.  I realize that You are here in my
pain, sorrow and danger.  I put myself in Your hand.  If anyone or anything attacks me, I commit myself to You, the unseen Guardian of the night and the unwearied Keeper of the day.  You are my God.  You have covered my head in the day of battle (Ps. 140:7), and under Your wings I will trust."