April 17, Morning, The Sprinkled Blood
I received a book a few months ago entitled, "Morning and Evening," by Charles Spurgeon. It had been sitting on my shelf until a few days ago, when I felt the need to take hold of my spiritual discipline. Today's "Morning Devotional" has left me quite introspective. I'd like to share a few lines and thoughts with you now.
...You came to the cross of Christ with a trembling and an aching heart;
and what a precious sound it was to you to hear the voice of the blood of
Jesus! The dropping of His blood is as the music of heaven to the
penitents of earth. We are full of sin, but the Savior bids us lift our eyes
to Him; and as we gaze upon His streaming wounds, each drop of blood,
as it falls, cries, "It is finished; I have made an end of sin; I have brought
in everlasting righteousness." Sweet language of the precious blood of
Jesus! If you have come to the blood once, you will come to it
constantly. Your life will be "looking to Jesus." Your whole conduct will
be epitomized in this--"to whom coming." Not to whom I have come,
but to whom I am always coming. If you have ever come to the
sprinkled blood, you will feel your need of coming to it every day.
He who does not desire to wash in it every day has
never washed in it at all...
I wonder if anyone else feels a stinging sensation right between the eyes, because that is where this devotion hit me square. I love my Jesus, I love and appreciate what He did for the sake of a sinner like me, but I don't bow down to wash myself in His blood daily. Do I have such a desire to? Yes, absolutely, but I let so much get in between me and that precious blood on an everyday basis.
God led me to deliver a sermon on FOCUS just this past Sunday night. He inspired my heart to refocus my own life on Him, and it seems today, that neither my eyes nor my life will ever be able adjust or focus on Him, whilst they're not cleansed and washed daily in His blood.

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