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Posted by Psalms on Monday, 18 January 2016
Psalms 147:18
He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow.
147:18. He sendeth out his word, and melteth them. When the frost is sharpest, and the ice is hardest, the Lord intervenes. The phenomena of winter are not so abundant in Palestine as with us, yet they are witnessed sufficiently to cause the devout to bless God for the return of spring. He causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow. The Lord is the great first cause of everything; even the fickle, wandering winds are caused by him. Simple but effectual are the methods of Jehovah in the natural world; equally so are those which he employs in the spiritual kingdom; for the breath of his Holy Spirit breathes upon frozen hearts, and streams of penitence and love gush forth at once.
Observe how in these two sentences the word and the wind go together in nature. They attend each other in grace; the Gospel and the Holy Spirit cooperate in salvation. The truth which the Spirit breathes into prophets and apostles he breathes into dead souls, and they are quickened into spiritual life.
Excerpt from:
The Treasury of David by Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892)
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