{"id":3553,"date":"2011-09-24T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-09-24T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/?p=3553"},"modified":"2011-09-25T17:32:15","modified_gmt":"2011-09-26T01:32:15","slug":"tell-me-where-thou-feedest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/2011\/09\/24\/tell-me-where-thou-feedest\/","title":{"rendered":"Tell Me&#8230;Where Thou Feedest&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>by Charles Haddon Spurgeon<\/em><\/p>\n<p>From <strong>Song of Solomon 1:7<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>These words express the desire of the believer after Christ, and his longing for present communion with Him. Where doest Thou feed Thy flock? In Thy <em>house<\/em>? I will go, if I may find Thee there. In private <em>prayer<\/em>? Then I will pray without ceasing. In the <em>Word<\/em>? Then I will read it diligently. In Thine <em>ordinances<\/em>? Then I will walk in them with all my heart. Tell me where Thou feedest, for wherever Thou standest as the Shepherd, there will I lie down as a sheep; for none but Thyself can supply my need. I cannot be satisfied to be apart from Thee. My soul hungers and thirsts for the refreshment of Thy presence.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Where dost Thou make Thy flock to rest at noon?&#8217; for whether at dawn or at noon, my only rest must be where Thou art and Thy beloved flock. My soul&#8217;s rest must be a grace-given rest, and can only be found in Thee. Where is the shadow of that rock? Why should I not repose beneath it? &#8216;Why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions?&#8217; Thou hast companions-why should I not be one? Satan tells me I am unworthy; but I always was unworthy, and yet Thou hast long loved me; and therefore my unworthiness cannot be a bar to my having fellowship with Thee now. It is true I am weak in faith, and prone to fall, but my very feebleness is the reason why I should always be where Thou feedest Thy flock, that I may be strengthened, and preserved in safety beside the still waters. Why should I turn aside? There is no reason why I should, but there are a thousand reasons why I should not, for Jesus beckons me to come. If He withdrew Himself a little, it is but to make me prize His presence more. Now that I am grieved and distressed at being away from Him, He will lead me yet again to that sheltered nook where the lambs of His fold are sheltered from the burning sun.<\/p>\n<p>2.3p<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Charles Haddon Spurgeon From Song of Solomon 1:7 These words express the desire of the believer after Christ, and his longing for present communion with Him. Where doest Thou feed Thy flock? In Thy house? I will go, if I may find Thee there. In private prayer? Then I will pray without ceasing. In [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":469,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[99],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spurgeon-saturday"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/469"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3553"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3553\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3555,"href":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3553\/revisions\/3555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}