May we have communion with God in the secret of our hearts, and find Him to be to us as a little sanctuary.
Interpretation
This quote emphasizes the importance of personal and private communion with God as a source of peace and safety.
Charles Spurgeon highlights the value of establishing a deep, personal connection with God within the quietness of one's heart. This 'communion' suggests that in our most private moments, we can find refuge and sanctuary, reinforcing the idea that faith can provide comfort and security, particularly in tumultuous times.
In practice
In a sermon about finding solace during tough times.
Amusement should be used to do us good “like a medicine”: it must never be used as the food of the man...Many have had all holy thoughts and gracious resolutions stamped out by perpetual trifling. Pleasure so called is the murderer of thought. This is the age of excessive amusement: everybody craves for it, like a babe for its rattle.
When you see no present advantage, walk by faith and not by sight. Do God the honor to trust Him when it comes to matters of loss for the sake of principle.
It is far easier to fight with sin in public than to pray against it in private.
You will never glory in God till first of all God has killed your glorying in yourself.
After faith comes repentance, or, rather, repentance is faith's twin brother and is born at the same time.
["All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant."] The original Hebrew word that has been translated "paths" means "well-worn roads' or "wheel tracks," such ruts as wagons make when they go down our green roads in wet weather and sink in up to the axles. God's ways are at times like heavy wagon tracks that cut deep into our souls, yet all of them are merciful.
May we all make the journey to Bethlehem in spirit, taking with us a tender caring heart as our gift to the Savior.
Jesus' pattern prayer, which is both crutch, road, and walking lesson for the spiritually lame like ourselves, tells us to start with God: for God matters infinitely more than we do.
God answers all true prayer, either in kind or in kindness.
We need silence to be alone with God, to speak to him, to listen to him, to ponder his words deep in our hearts. We need to be alone with God in silence to be renewed and transformed. Silence gives us a new outlook on life. In it we are filled with the energy of God himself that makes us do all things with joy.
Increased spiritual strength is a gift from God which He can give when we push in His service to our limits. Through the power of the Atonement of Jesus Christ, our natures can be changed. Then our power to carry burdens can be increased more than enough to compensate for the increased service we will be asked to give.
The Eucharist is essential for us: it is Christ who wishes to enter our lives and fill us with his grace.
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