April 9 Evening Devotional | God’s Good Providence | Morning and Evening by Charles Spurgeon

Evening, April 9 | “Your gentleness made me great.” —Psalm 18:35 (NASB)

This Evening's Scripture Reading: Psalm 18:31-36 (NASB)

“For who is God, but the Lord?
And who is a rock, except our God,
The God who girds me with strength
And makes my way blameless?
He makes my feet like hinds’ feet,
And sets me upon my high places.
He trains my hands for battle,
So that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
You have also given me the shield of Your salvation,
And Your right hand upholds me;
And Your gentleness makes me great.
You enlarge my steps under me,
And my feet have not slipped.”

Devotional Video Transcript:

The words are capable of being translated, “Your goodness has made me great.” David gratefully ascribed all his greatness not to his own goodness, but the goodness of God.

“Your providence,” is another reading; and providence is nothing more than goodness in action.
Goodness is the bud of which providence is the flower, or goodness is the seed of which providence is the harvest. Some render it, “Your help,” which is but another word for providence; providence being the firm ally of the saints, aiding them in the service of their Lord. Or again, “Your humility has made me great.” “Your condescension” may, perhaps, serve as a comprehensive reading, combining the ideas mentioned, including that of humility. It is God’s making himself little which is the cause of our being made great. We are so little, that if God should manifest his greatness without condescension, we should be trampled under his feet; but God, who must stoop to view the skies, and bow to see what angels do, turns his eye yet lower, and looks to the lowly and contrite, and makes them great.

There are yet other readings, such as the Septuagint, which reads, “Your discipline” — your fatherly correction — “has made me great;” while the Chaldee paraphrase reads, “Your word has increased me.” Still, the idea is the same. David ascribes all his own greatness to the condescending goodness of his Father in heaven. May this sentiment be echoed in our hearts this evening while we cast our crowns at Jesus’ feet, and cry, “Your gentleness made me great.”

How marvelous has been our experience of God’s gentleness! How gentle have been his corrections! How gentle his forbearance! How gentle his teachings! How gentle his drawings! Meditate upon this theme, O believer. Let gratitude be awakened; let humility be deepened; let love be quickened before you fall asleep tonight.

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