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Posted by Psalms on Friday, 12 February 2016
Psalms 127:5
Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.
127:5. Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them. Those who have no children bewail the fact. The writer of this comment gives it as his own observation that he has seen the most frequent unhappiness in marriages which are unfruitful; that he has himself been most grateful for two of the best of sons; but as they have both grown up, and he has no child at home, he has without a tinge of grumbling, or even wishing that he were otherwise circumstanced, felt that it might have been a blessing to have had a more numerous family. He therefore heartily agrees with the psalmist’s verdict herein expressed. A quiver may be small and yet full; and then the blessing is obtained. In any case we may be sure that a man’s life consists not in the abundance of children that he possesses.
They shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate. They can meet foes both in law and in right. Nobody cares to meddle with a man who can gather a clan of brave sons about him. Does not the Lord Jesus thus triumph in his offspring? Looked at literally, this favor comes of the Lord: without his will there would be no children to build up the house, and without his grace there would be no good children to be their parents’ strength. If this must be left with the Lord, let us leave every other thing in the same hands. He will undertake for us and prosper our trustful endeavors, and we shall enjoy a tranquil life, and prove ourselves to be our Lord’s beloved by the calm and quiet of our spirit. We need not doubt that if God gives us children as a reward he will also send us the food and raiment which he knows they need.
He who is the father of a host of spiritual children is unquestionably happy. He can answer all opponents by pointing to souls who have been saved by his means. Converts are emphatically the heritage of the Lord, and the reward of the preacher’s soul-travail. By these, under the power of the Holy Spirit, the city of the church is built up and watched, and the Lord has the glory of it.
The Treasury of David by Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892)
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