Psalm 90:14 O satisfy us early with your mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days. I. WE WILL MAKE OUR TEXT THE GROUNDWORK OF A SOLEMN PLEADING WITH YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN TO GIVE THEIR HEARTS TO CHRIST THIS DAY. 1. The voice of wisdom reminds you in this our text that you are not pure in God's sight, but need His mercy. Remember, then, that if you be saved in the morning of life, you will be wonderful instances of preventing mercy. 2. Salvation, if it comes to you, must not only be mercy, but it must be mercy through the Cross. Nothing else can "satisfy" a sinner. 3. I would press this matter of a youthful faith upon you, because you have a dissatisfaction even now. Well, then, I would have you come to Jesus, for depend upon it there is that in Him which can thoroughly satisfy you. What can you want more to satisfy your heart than love to Him? You say that not only does your heart want something, but your head. My witness is that there is in the Gospel of Christ the richest food for the brain. You get Christ as the central sun, and then every science and fact begins to revolve round about Him just as the planets travel in their perpetual circle around the central orb. 4. Our text says, "O satisfy as early with Thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days." We never rejoice in the true sense of the term; we never possess solid gladness, till we are satisfied with God's mercy. It is all a mockery and a pretence; the reality never comes to us till God's mercy visits our heart; but after that what joy we know! II. Take the text as YOUR ADDRESS TO GOD. Every word here is significant. 1. "O." This teaches us that the prayer is to be earnest. Dull, dead prayers, ask God to deny them. We must pray out of our very souls. The soul of our prayer must be the prayer of our soul. "O satisfy us." 2. Makes it a generous prayer when you are at it. "O satisfy us early!" Pray for your brothers and sisters. I am sure we are verily guilty in this thing. Those that sprang from the same loins as ourselves, would to God that they were all saved with the same salvation. 3. See to it, next, that your prayer be thoroughly evangelical. "O satisfy us early with Thy mercy." The prayer of the publican is the model for us all. 4. Let the prayer be put up now at once. The text says, "O satisfy us early." Why not to-day? Oh that it had been done years ago! But there was time enough, you thought. There is time enough, but there is none to spare. ( C. H. Spurgeon.) Parallel Verses KJV: O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.WEB: Satisfy us in the morning with your loving kindness, that we may rejoice and be glad all our days. |
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