Days of Heaven Upon Earth

Devotional For

November 19

      "We would see Jesus" (John xii. 21).
      
      When any great blessing is awaiting us, the devil is sure to try and make it so disagreeable to us that we shall miss it.
      
      It is a good thing to know him as a liar, and remember, when he is trying to prejudice us strongly against any cause, that very likely the greatest blessing of our life lies there.
      
      Spurgeon once said that the best evidence that God was on our side is the devil's growl, and we are generally pretty safe in following a thing according to Satan's dislike for it. Beloved, take care, lest in the very line where your prejudices are setting you off from God's people and God's truth, you are missing the treasures of your life.
      
      Take the treasures of heaven no matter how they come to you, even if it be as earthly treasures generally are, like the kernel inside the rough shell, or the gem in the bosom of the hard rock.
      
      I have seen Jesus and my heart is dead to all beside,
      I have seen Jesus, and my wants are all, in Him, supplied.
      I have seen Jesus, and my heart, at last, is satisfied,
          Since I've seen Jesus.