Morning, May 30
Go To Evening Reading
“Take us the foxes, the little foxes that spoil the vines.”
Song of Solomon 2:15
A little thorn may cause much suffering. A little cloud may hide the
sun. Little foxes spoil the vines; and little sins do mischief to
the tender heart. These little sins burrow in the soul, and make it
so full of that which is hateful to Christ, that he will hold no comfortable
fellowship and communion with us. A great sin cannot destroy a Christian,
but a little sin can make him miserable. Jesus will not walk with
his people unless they drive out every known sin. He says, “If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love, even as I have
kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love.” Some Christians very seldom enjoy their Saviour’s presence. How is this? Surely it must be an affliction for a tender
child to be separated from his father. Art thou a child of God, and
yet satisfied to go on without seeing thy Father’s face? What! thou the spouse of Christ, and yet content without his
company! Surely, thou hast fallen into a sad state, for the chaste
spouse of Christ mourns like a dove without her mate, when he has
left her. Ask, then, the question, what has driven Christ from thee?
He hides his face behind the wall of thy sins. That wall may be built
up of little pebbles, as easily as of great stones. The sea is made of drops;
the rocks are made of grains: and the sea which divides thee from
Christ may be filled with the drops of thy little sins; and the rock
which has well nigh wrecked thy barque, may have been made by the
daily working of the coral insects of thy little sins. If thou wouldst
live with Christ, and walk with Christ, and see Christ, and have fellowship
with Christ, take heed of “the little foxes that spoil the vines, for our vines have tender grapes.” Jesus invites you to go with him and take them. He will surely, like Samson, take the foxes at once
and easily. Go with him to the hunting.