He that buildeth his nest upon a Divine promise shall find it abide and remain until he shall fly away to the land where promises are lost in fulfillments.
Interpretation
Trusting in a divine promise provides stability and hope beyond life itself.
This quote by Charles Spurgeon suggests that those who place their faith in a higher promise will find security and assurance that will last throughout their lives. It reflects the idea that divine faith offers a refuge that transcends earthly existence and leads to a fulfilling journey even after death.
In practice
In a motivational speech about resilience after loss.
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.
One great use of words is to hide our thoughts.
Lying increases the creative faculties, expands the ego, and lessens the frictions of social contacts.
Do you know that hope sometimes consists only of a question without an answer?
He that is already corrupt is naturally suspicious, and he that becomes suspicious will quickly become corrupt.
All religions have honored the beggar. For he proves that in a matter at the same time as prosaic and holy, banal and regenerative as the giving of alms, intellect and morality, consistency and principles are miserably inadequate.
The power and influence of a movie star is curious: I didn't ask for it or take it; people gave it to me. Simply because you're a movie star, people empower you with special rights and privileges.
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