Thursday, November 5, 2009

Did I Tell You, Thank You Lord?

form Charles Spurgeon Gems

Gem #1 - Communion with God

["All my fountains are in you," said David. If you have all your fountains in God, your heart will be completely full. If you went to the foot of Calvary, there your heart will be bathed in love and gratitude. If you go often to your place of seclusion, and there talk with your God, it is there that your heart will be filled with calm determination. If you go out with the Master to the Mount of Olives, and looked down with Him on a wicked Jerusalem, and weep over it with Him, then your heart will be full of love for eternal souls. If you continually draw your stimulus, your life, your entire being from the Holy Spirit, without whom you can do nothing, and if you live in close communion with Christ, then there will be no fear of you having a cold heart.

One who lives without prayer—one who lives with little prayer—one who seldom reads the Word—one who seldom looks up to heaven for a fresh influence from on high—will be the person whose heart will become cold and barren; but the person who calls in secret to their God—who spends much time in holy seclusion—who delights to meditate on the words of the Most High—whose soul is given up to Christ—who delights in his fullness, rejoices in his complete sufficiency, prays for his second coming, and delights in the thought of his glorious return—such a person, I say, must have an overflowing heart; and as their heart is, so will be their life. It will be a full life; it will be a life that will speak from the grave, and reverberate into the future. "Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life," and plead with the Holy Spirit to keep it full; otherwise, the outcome of your life will be feeble, shallow, and superficial; and you might as well not have lived at all.]

To attempt to write a comment into any part of this gem would definitely diminish the impact of Charles Spurgeon's words. As I read this my heart was asking the Lord for even more. "Give me more, oh precious Lord"! To understand the meaning of a full life we must understand, that starts with Christ. All the days prior without Him do not matter. Just "wasted days and wasted nights" as the song goes. I believe that's also why once we understand this, it creates a fire within us to share with others that do not know Him.

All this month the God's Love Outreach Ministry is presenting the "Seeds of Thanks" program from the Seeds for Christ 2009 series. Toward the end of the program I share this poem that the Lord blessed me with last year.

Did I Tell You Thank You Lord

Did I tell You, “thank you Lord”
when I first awoke from sleep?
Did I tell You, “thank you Lord
for in my heart your presence I keep?

For all the many blessings
because of Your Grace I do receive,
did I tell You, “thank You Lord”
for in me You do believe?

Did I tell You, “thank You Lord”
for never giving up on me?
Even when friends and family
seemed content to just let me be.

For all those minutes, hours, and endless days
that could be empty as can be,
did I tell You, “thank You Lord”
for being that special one to me?

Well if for some reason I didn’t
please forgive me once again!
“Thank You Lord, for the beginning,
the in between, for with You there is no end!

E. P. Shagott
10/15/2008

Did you tell Him thank you today? It's not too late.

From God's heart, to mine, to yours,
Ed Shagott

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