August 25 Morning Devotional | Faith in Every Sense | Morning and Evening by Spurgeon

Morning, August 25 | “His fruit was sweet to my taste.” —Song of Solomon 2:3 (KJV)

This Morning's Scripture Reading: Song of Solomon 2:3 (KJV)

As the apple tree among the trees of the wood,
So is my beloved among the sons.
I sat down under his shadow with great delight,
And his fruit was sweet to my taste.

Devotional Transcript:

Faith, in the Scripture, is spoken of under the emblem of all the senses. It is sight: “Look unto me and be saved.” (Isaiah 45:22 KJV) It is hearing: “Hear, and your soul shall live.” (Isaiah 55:3 KJV) Faith is smelling: “All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia” (Psalm 45:8 KJV); “thy name is as ointment poured forth.” (Song of Songs 1:3 KJV) Faith is spiritual touch. By this faith the woman came behind and touched the hem of Christ’s garment, and by this, we handle the things of the good word of life. Faith is equally the spirit’s taste. “How sweet are thy words to my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my lips.” (Psalm 119:103) “Except a man eat my flesh,” says Christ, “and drink my blood, there is no life in him.” (John 6:54)

This “taste” is faith in one of its highest operations. One of the first performances of faith is hearing. We hear the voice of God, not with the outward ear alone, but with the inward ear; we hear it as God’s Word, and we believe it to be so; that is the “hearing” of faith. Then our mind looks upon the truth as it is presented to us; that is to say, we understand it, we perceive its meaning; that is the “seeing” of faith. Next, we discover its preciousness; we begin to admire it, and find how fragrant it is; that is faith in its “smell.” Then we appropriate the mercies which are prepared for us in Christ; that is faith in its “touch.” Hence follow the enjoyments, peace, delight, and communion; which are faith in its “taste.” Any one of these acts of faith is saving. To hear Christ’s voice as the sure voice of God in the soul will save us; but that which gives true enjoyment is the aspect of faith wherein Christ, by holy taste, is received into us, and made, by inward and spiritual apprehension of his sweetness and preciousness, to be the food of our souls. It is then we sit “under his shadow with great delight,” (Song of Songs 2:3) and find his fruit sweet to our taste.

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