Morning and Evening with Charles Spurgeon March 1 | Morning
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Mar 1, 2026 A morning devotion that reads Song of Solomon 4:16 and explores yearning for any stirring over spiritual indifference. Reflections on welcoming reproofs, comforts, and even trials as means to revive faith. Thoughts on longing to delight Christ, the danger of unexercised graces, and how affliction and consolation foster spiritual growth.
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Welcome Whatever Rouses Your Spiritual Life
- Do not shun seasons of trial if they bring spiritual awakening; welcome any visitation that will rouse you to godly fruitfulness.
- The spouse asked only for God's action, not its form, showing a humble readiness for either chastening or comfort.
God Uses Both Trial And Comfort To Produce Grace
- Spiritual indifference is worse than hardship because any stirring — trouble or comfort — refines believers into useful grace.
- Spurgeon explains God uses both north winds (trials) and south winds (consolation) to produce faith, love, patience, and joy in the soul.
Unexercised Graces Need Circumstance To Be Revealed
- Unexercised graces are like perfumes trapped in a bottle until God allows circumstances that release them.
- Spurgeon notes divine wisdom blends opposite causes so both affliction and consolation yield fruits like patience and hope.