Morning and Evening with Charles Spurgeon
Morning and Evening with Charles Spurgeon

April 11 | Morning

3 min
•Apr 11, 20268 days ago
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Summary

Charles Spurgeon delivers a morning devotional reflecting on Psalm 22:14, meditating on Christ's physical and spiritual suffering during the crucifixion. He explores the intensity of Jesus's pain and weakness, drawing parallels to Daniel's vision, and concludes with encouragement that believers will emerge from their own trials strengthened and purified.

Insights
  • Extreme suffering can be redemptive and transformative when endured with purpose and faith
  • Physical and spiritual suffering are interconnected; bodily pain reflects deeper spiritual trials
  • Christ's suffering serves as a model and source of strength for believers facing their own hardships
  • Trials and grief, when properly understood through Christ's example, become means of spiritual refinement rather than destruction
Trends
Religious devotional content emphasizing personal spiritual transformation through sufferingTheological interpretation of biblical suffering as pathway to grace and redemptionComparative analysis of biblical figures' experiences of divine vision and weaknessEmphasis on Christ's humanity and physical vulnerability as central to Christian faith
People
Charles Spurgeon
Delivers the morning devotional meditation on Psalm 22 and Christ's suffering
Jesus Christ
Central figure discussed regarding his crucifixion, suffering, and redemptive work
Daniel
Referenced for his experience of weakness and fear when witnessing divine vision
Quotes
"I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint."
Psalm 22:14•Opening
"O King of Grief, a title strange but true, to thee of all kings only, due. O King of Wounds, how shall I grieve for thee, who in all grief savest me?"
Charles Spurgeon•Middle
"Just as out of all his griefs and woes, his body emerged uninjured to glory and power. Similarly, his mystical body will come through the furnace with not so much as the smell of smoke upon it."
Charles Spurgeon•Closing
Full Transcript
April 11th, morning. I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint. Psalm 22, verse 14. Did earth or heaven ever witness a sadder spectacle than this? In soul and body, our Lord felt himself to be weak as water, poured upon the ground. The placing of the cross in its socket had shaken him with great violence, had strained all the ligaments, pained every nerve, and more or less dislocated all his bones. Burdened by his own weight, the impressive sufferer felt the strain increasing every moment of those six long hours. His sense of faintness and general weakness were overpowering, and he felt himself to be nothing but a mass of misery and swooning sickness. When Daniel saw the great vision, he describes his sensations in this way. No strength was left in me. My radiant appearance was fearfully changed, and I retained no strength. How much more devastating must it have been for Jesus when he saw the dreadful vision of the wrath of God and felt it in his own soul? Sensations that our Lord endured we could not have faced, and unconsciousness would have had to come to our rescue. In his case, he was wounded and felt the sword. He drained the cup and tasted every drop. O King of Grief, a title strange but true, to thee of all kings only, due. O King of Wounds, how shall I grieve for thee, who in all grief savest me? As we kneel before our ascended Saviour's throne, let us carefully remember the way by which he prepared it as a throne of grace for us. Let us in spirit drink of his cup, that we may be strengthened for our hour of heaviness whenever it may come. In his natural body, every member suffered, and so must it be in the spiritual. Just as out of all his griefs and woes, his body emerged uninjured to glory and power. Similarly, his mystical body will come through the furnace with not so much as the smell of smoke upon it.