Charkes Spurgeon evening devotions

I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go. - Song 3:4

Does Christ truly receive us when we come to Him, despite all our past sins? Does He not scold us for trying every other refuge before coming to Him? And is there truly no one on earth like Him? Is He the best of the best, the fairest of the fair? Then let us praise Him! Let all His people raise their voices with instruments of joy! Cast away your idols—lift up the Lord Jesus! Let the banners of pride and vanity fall to the ground, but let the cross of Jesus, which the world despises, be lifted high! O that our King, our Lord Jesus, would be enthroned on a seat of glory forever, and that my soul might rest at His feet, kissing them in gratitude and washing them with my tears.

Oh, how precious Christ is! How is it that I have thought so little of Him? Why have I sought comfort and joy elsewhere, when He is so full, so rich, so satisfying? Fellow believer, let us make a covenant with our hearts that we will never leave Him again. Let us ask our Lord to bind us to Him, to set us as a seal upon His heart, as a signet on His hand. Ask Him to adorn us as a bride does her ornaments, as the bridegroom wears his jewels.

I long to live in the heart of Christ. In the clefts of that Rock, I wish to find my eternal rest. Just as the sparrow finds a home, and the swallow a nest for her young by the altars of the Lord Almighty, so I desire to make my home in You, O Lord. May my soul never leave You again but find its rest forever in Your love.