Times of Seeking the Lord

Times of Seeking the Lord | Devotional By Charles H. Spurgeon

It is time to seek the Lord. (Hosea 10:12)


The month of April is said to derive its name from the Latin verb aperio, which means “to open,” because all the buds and blossoms are now opening, and we have arrived at the gates of the flowery year.

Reader, if you are still unsaved, may your heart, in accord with the universal awakening of nature, be opened to receive the Lord. Every blossoming flower warns you that it is time to seek the Lord. Do not be out of tune with nature, but let your heart bud and bloom with holy desires.

Do you tell me that the warm blood of youth leaps in your veins? Then I urge you to give your strength to the Lord. It was my unspeakable happiness to be called in early youth, and I can sincerely praise the Lord every day for it.

Salvation is priceless no matter when it comes, but an early salvation has a double value in it. Young men and women, since you may perish before you reach your prime, it is time to seek the Lord!

You who are beginning to feel signs of poor health, move quickly! That hollow cough, that persistent fever, are warnings that you must not ignore. It is indeed time for you to seek the Lord.

Did I observe a little gray mingled with your once luxurious hair? The years are quickly advancing, and death is daily drawing nearer. Let each return of spring motivate you to set your house in order.

Dear reader, if you are now advanced in life, let me plead with you and implore you to delay no longer. There is a day of grace for you now; be thankful for that, but it is a limited season and grows shorter every time that clock ticks!

Here in this quiet place, on this first night of another month, I speak to you as best I can by paper and ink. From my inmost soul, as God’s servant, I lay before you this warning: It is time to seek the Lord! Do not put off that work, for this may be your last call from destruction – the final syllable from the lips of grace.