Morning & Evening – June 18, 2026 | Spurgeon Devotional

Morning

Scripture

Thy Redeemer.

— Isaiah 54:5 (ESV)

Devotional

Jesus, the Redeemer, is altogether ours and ours forever. All the offices of Christ are held on our behalf. He is king for us, priest for us, and prophet for us. Whenever we read a new title of the Redeemer, let us appropriate him as ours under that name as much as under any other. The shepherd’s staff, the father’s rod, the captain’s sword, the priest’s mitre, the prince’s sceptre, the prophet’s mantle, all are ours. Jesus hath no dignity which he will not employ for our exaltation, and no prerogative which he will not exercise for our defence. His fulness of Godhead is our unfailing, inexhaustible treasure-house.

His manhood also, which he took upon him for us, is ours in all its perfection. To us our gracious Lord communicates the spotless virtue of a stainless character; to us he gives the meritorious efficacy of a devoted life; on us he bestows the reward procured by obedient submission and incessant service. He makes the unsullied garment of his life our covering beauty; the glittering virtues of his character our ornaments and jewels; and the superhuman meekness of his death our boast and glory. He bequeaths us his manger, from which to learn how God came down to man; and his Cross to teach us how man may go up to God. All his thoughts, emotions, actions, utterances, miracles, and intercessions, were for us. He trod the road of sorrow on our behalf, and hath made over to us as his heavenly legacy the full results of all the labours of his life. He is now as much ours as heretofore; and he blushes not to acknowledge himself “our Lord Jesus Christ,” though he is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords. Christ everywhere and every way is our Christ, forever and ever most richly to enjoy. O my soul, by the power of the Holy Spirit! call him this morning, “thy Redeemer.”

Reflection

Spurgeon exults in the title “Thy Redeemer.” Jesus holds every office—King, Priest, Prophet—on behalf of his people. Every dignity and prerogative he possesses is employed for our exaltation and defence. His divine fullness is our treasure-house; his perfect humanity—spotless character, devoted life, obedient submission, and the reward he earned—is communicated to us. Even his manger and his cross are bequeathed to us as teachers. All that he thought, felt, did, said, and suffered was for us. He is ours in every way, forever.

The practical call is personal and immediate: by the power of the Holy Spirit, call him this morning “thy Redeemer.” He is not ashamed to be known as “our Lord Jesus Christ.” The believer is to appropriate him fully under this and every title.

Goad

Am I thus daily and personally calling Jesus “my Redeemer,” appropriating all his offices, his divine fullness, and his perfect humanity as mine, or do I relate to him more generally and distantly? What would it look like today to own him as “thy Redeemer” with fresh personal faith?

Evening

Scripture

The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

— Psalm 27:1 (ESV)

Devotional

“The Lord is my light and my salvation.” Here is personal interest, “my light,” “my salvation;” the soul is assured of it, and therefore declares it boldly. Into the soul at the new birth divine light is poured as the precursor of salvation; where there is not enough light to reveal our own darkness and to make us long for the Lord Jesus, there is no evidence of salvation. After conversion our God is our joy, comfort, guide, teacher, and in every sense our light: he is light within, light around, light reflected from us, and light to be revealed to us. Note, it is not said merely that the Lord gives light, but that he is light; nor that he gives salvation, but that he is salvation; he, then, who by faith has laid hold upon God, has all covenant blessings in his possession. This being made sure as a fact, the argument drawn from it is put in the form of a question, “Whom shall I fear?” A question which is its own answer. The powers of darkness are not to be feared, for the Lord, our light, destroys them; and the damnation of hell is not to be dreaded by us, for the Lord is our salvation. This is a very different challenge from that of boastful Goliath, for it rests, not upon the conceited vigour of an arm of flesh, but upon the real power of the omnipotent I AM. “The Lord is the strength of my life.” Here is a third glowing epithet, to show that the writer’s hope was fastened with a threefold cord which could not be broken. We may well accumulate terms of praise where the Lord lavishes deeds of grace. Our life derives all its strength from God; and if he deigns to make us strong, we cannot be weakened by all the machinations of the adversary. “Of whom shall I be afraid?” The bold question looks into the future as well as the present. “If God be for us,” who can be against us, either now or in time to come?

Reflection

Spurgeon unpacks the personal, threefold confidence of the psalmist: the Lord is my light, my salvation, and the strength of my life. Because God himself is these things—not merely gives them—the believer can ask with genuine boldness, “Whom shall I fear?” The light that reveals our darkness at conversion continues as the very atmosphere of the Christian life. The salvation that is personal and present removes the dread of hell. The strength that sustains life makes the believer secure against every adversary, present or future. This is not boastful self-confidence like Goliath’s but humble, God-centered courage rooted in the omnipotent “I AM.”

The application is that our hope is fastened with a threefold cord. When we truly lay hold of God by faith, we possess all covenant blessings and can face both the present and the future without fear.

Goad

Am I thus declaring with personal assurance that the Lord is my light, my salvation, and the strength of my life, or do fears still have more power over me than this threefold cord? What would change in my daily walk if I lived as one who can truly ask, “Of whom shall I be afraid?”

Tie-In

The morning’s call to appropriate Christ fully as “Thy Redeemer” and the evening’s bold threefold declaration “The Lord is my light and my salvation” together form a strong cord of assurance. The same Christ who holds every office for us is the Lord who is light, salvation, and strength. This is the Milk of confident trust. For those hungry for Solid Food and Meat, these truths open into the doctrines of union with Christ, the believer’s inheritance, and the practical outworking of assurance in holy boldness. The deeper tables on the site explore how such security fuels growth in grace and obedience.

Closing

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As we build out the deeper tables of Milk, Solid Food, and Meat for every stage of the journey, know that you are welcome here.

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Soli Deo Gloria.