I need not ask whether I may call on Him or not, for that word 'Whosoever' is a very wide and comprehensive one...My case is urgent, and I do not see how I am to be delivered; but this is no business of mine. He who makes the promise will find ways and means of keeping it. It is mine to obey His commands; it is not mine to direct His counsels. I am His servant, not His solicitor. I call upon Him, and He will deliver.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes trust in divine assistance and the importance of obedience over direction.
In this quote by Charles Spurgeon, the speaker expresses a deep faith in God's willingness to respond to those in need, highlighting that the term 'Whosoever' signifies that anyone can seek divine help. The speaker acknowledges the urgency of their situation but understands that it is not their place to dictate how or when they will receive this help; instead, their duty is to faithfully follow the commands given to them, trusting that God will provide the necessary support and guidance.
In practice
This quote can be shared during a religious service to inspire faith and trust in God's support.
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.
Our Faith must be tested. God builds no ships but what He sends to sea.
Readiness for God means that we are ready to do the tiniest little thing or the great big thing, it makes no difference
If our lives are easy, and if all we ever attempt for God is what we know we can handle, how will we ever experience His omnipotence in our lives?
But it is in storms that God does his finest work, for it is in storms that God has our keenest attention
Faith is walking face-first and full-speed into the dark. If we truly knew all the answers in advance as to the meaning of life and the nature of God and the destiny of our souls, our belief would not be a leap of faith and it would not be a courageous act of humanity; it would just be... a prudent insurance policy.
I gave up all for Christ, and what have I found? Everything in Christ.
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