Charles
Spurgeon, in one of his sermons on spiritual warfare, prevailed upon the value
of scripture in the spiritual battle writing, “ I commend to you then the hiding of God’s Word in
your heart the pondering of it in your minds...Be rooted and established in its
teachings and saturated in its spirit. To me it is an intense joy to search
diligently in my Father’s book of grace which grows upon me daily...It is not a
mere historic document. It is a letter fresh from the pen of God to me...I look
not upon the Scriptures as a harp that once was played by skillful fingers
and is now hung up as a memorial upon the wall. No, they are an instrument of
ten strings still in the minstrels hand, still filling the temple of the Lord
with divine music, which those who have ears to hear delight to listen to. The Holy
Scripture is an Aeolian harp, through which the blessed wind of the Spirit is
always sweeping and creating mystic music such as no man’s ears shall hear
elsewhere...The Holy Spirit is in the Word, and the Word is, therefore, living
truth. Be assured of this, and because of it, take the Word of God as your
chosen weapon of war.”
When, as
Spurgeon eloquently describes, we get into the Word and let its majestic power
get into us, we have a weapon in the armoury that will certainly be powerful and
effective in the battle. Having stored it deep in our heart we will be able to
draw on it in powerful prayer and even our mediations upon it will inspire us
to open our hearts and mouths in prayer. The battle is getting hotter. Its time
to dust off our weapons, and maybe even spend some time getting them, and our
hearts in tune.
Pastor Steve
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