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Charles Spurgeon's "Morning & Evening" Devotional: June 10th

Morning

“The Lord, he is the God.”

1 Kings 18:30-40

1 Kings 18:30

Now was Elijah’s turn, and the time for Jehovah to work.

1 Kings 18:32

The challenge was made in the name of all Israel, therefore were twelve stones set up; the whole nation was now to put the grand question to the test, and see whether Jehovah would answer by fire. The prophet would have nothing to do with Baal’s altar; Christ has no concord with Belial

1 Kings 18:34

Till twelve barrels of water filled the trench, and damped all the materials for sacrifice; thus every notion of any concealed fire was effectually removed, and the trial was proved to be a fair and honest one.

1 Kings 18:37

Bishop Hall well observes, “The Baalites’ prayers were not more tedious than Elijah’s was short, and yet it was more pithy than short, charging God with the care of his covenant, of his truth, and of his own glory.” The priests of Baal were full of outward vehemence and fantastic action; Elijah’s vehemence was inward, and his manner simple, but devout. His faith was the power of his prayer. His God helped him to pray believingly, and the issue was certain. Faith uses no machinery but that of prayer, but superstition overflows with ceremonials.

1 Kings 18:38

The author of “The Days of Jezebel” has described this in noble language:

“Scarce had he spoken when a broad white glare

Scattering earth’s light, like darkness in its path

Keener than lightning, calmer than the dawn

The sword of God, that proveth him by fire

That proveth him by fire in every age

Stooped from above, and touched the sacrifice.

In the white blaze the sun grew wan, and hung

Like a pale moon upon the glimmering sky.

The fierce flame licked the water up, the wood

Crackled aloft, the very altar stones Glowed fiery red!

Clear broke the shout from that great multitude

‘Jah is the God! Jehovah, he is God.’“

1 Kings 18:39-40

Elijah had the law of God at his back in performing this execution; the men were false prophets, and were justly doomed to die. How Elijah bared his arm for that dread task, and made the dry bed of Kishon run with blood! Not thus smite we at men, but oh that sin’s errors and superstitions were thus slain, every- one of them. Not one of them should be allowed to escape. Lord, do this killing work among evil systems at this hour!

O that the fire from heaven might fall,

Our sins its ready victims find,

Seize on our lusts and burn up all,

Nor leave the least remains behind!

Then would our prostrate hearts adore,

And own the Lord our righteousness;

He is the God of saving power,

The Lord Jehovah we confess.

Evening

“Go again seven times.”

1 Kings 18:41-46

1 Kings 18:41

Only the prophet’s ears heard that sound, but faith is quick of hearing. Though not a cloud relieved the burning sky, and no wind had yet arisen from the quarter whence the rain usually came, the prophet was strong in confidence, and did not hesitate to declare it. Faith never goes beyond her warrant when she declares that the Lord will fulfil his word.

1 Kings 18:42

Different men go to different engagements. Ahab to eat and drink, and Elijah to wrestle and prevail with his God.

1 Kings 18:43

Faith keeps a watch; she bows to the earth in humility, but she sets expectation at work to look toward the sea.

1 Kings 18:43

True faith can wait; her importunity gathers strength from her Lord’s delays, and her expectation remains still on its watch-tower. It is a brave thing to be able to say, “Go again seven times.”

1 Kings 18:44

Prayer was heard, the little cloud was a sufficient token, faith was now fully assured and made her boast yet more courageously.

1 Kings 18:46

To show his loyalty, he acted as a running footman. Stern as he was in his obedience to Jehovah, he was willing to serve the king if the king would serve the Lord.

1 Kings 19:1-8

1 Kings 19:1

Ahab’s pliable nature was always impelled towards evil by his haughty spouse. Woe to the man who mates a Jezebel.

1 Kings 19:4

His intense excitement had been followed by languor, his exhilaration by depression: man is but dust. He prayed to die, and yet the Lord did not intend that he should ever die. Truly, we often know not what we ask.

1 Kings 19:6

The Lord pitied his weary, and disappointed servant, and as he had before fed him by ravens, he now honours him by supplying his need by angels. We often receive our best consolations in our worst times, and then how sweet they are!

1 Kings 19:7

Twice came the sacred refreshment; the Lord doubles our comforts when our sorrows are multiplied.

1 Kings 19:8

A glorious march, a heavenly fast, a divine sustaining. Carmel’s struggles and Samaria’s disappointments were all to be rewarded by the communion of Horeb. Blessed are all they who wait upon the Lord; he will make them “a people near unto him.”

Morning and Evening with A.W. Tozer Devotional for June 10

Tozer in the Morning Steering by Gods Compass

Put this down as an unfailing rule: Never seek the leading of the Lord concerning an act that is forbidden in the Word of God. To do so is to convict ourselves of insincerity. Again, prophet, psalmist, apostle and our blessed Lord Himself join to point out the way of positive obedience. His yoke is easy, His burden is light and He giveth more grace, so let this be the second rule: Never seek the leading of the Lord concerning an act that has been commanded in the Scriptures. Now, a happy truth too often overlooked in our anxious search for the will of God is that in the majority of decisions touching our earthly lives God expresses no choice, but leaves everything to our own preference. Some Christians walk under a cloud of uncertainty, worrying about which profession they should enter, which car they should drive, which school they should attend, where they should live and a dozen or score of other such matters, when their Lord has set them free to follow their own pers onal bent, guided only by their love for Him and for their fellow men. On the surface it appears more spiritual to seek Gods leading than just to go ahead and do the obvious thing. But it is not. If God gave you a watch would you honor Him more by asking Him for the time of or by consulting the watch? If God gave a sailor a compass would the sailor please God more by kneeling in a frenzy of prayer to persuade God to show him which way to go or by steering according to the compass?

Tozer in the Evening GOD'S OVERCOMERS

I insist that if we are burdened with genuine concern, we have the responsibility of examining the true spiritual condition of men and women within the church's ranks. We do live in a time of soft, easy Christianity. It is an era marked by a polite "nibbling" around the edges of the Word of God. There is a mindset within present day Christianity that supposes one should get into trouble or suffer embarrassment for Christ's sake! My brethren, what does it mean to be loyal to Jesus Christ? To confess that Jesus Himself is more important to us than anything else in the world? Many find it hard to understand how large numbers of Christian believers could have died for their faith in our own generation! With a sense of distant admiration, we call them simple-hearted nationals. God calls them overcomers! Professing Christians in our North American churches can hardly comprehend so costly a price for the faith we take for granted. Material prosperity and popular accep tance have sapped the vitality of our Christian witness!

Charles Spurgeon's "Faith's Checkbook" Devotional for June 10

“A Shepherd Secures Them ”

Zephaniah 3:13

Yesterday we thought of the afflicted and poor people whom the LORD left to be a living seed in a dead world. The prophet says of such that they shall not work iniquity nor speak lies. So that while they had neither rank nor riches to guard them, they were also quite unable to use those weapons in which the wicked place so much reliance: they could neither defend themselves by sin nor by subtlety.

What then? Would they be destroyed? By no means! They should both feed and rest and be not merely free from danger but even quiet from fear of evil. Sheep are very feeble creatures, and wolves are terrible enemies; yet at this hour sheep are more numerous than wolves, and the cause of the sheep is always winning, while the cause of the wolves is always declining. One day flocks of sheep will cover the plains, and not a wolf will be left. The fact is that sheep have a Shepherd, and this gives them provender, protection, and peace. "None" -- which means not one, whether in human or diabolical form -- "shall make them afraid." Who shall terrify the LORD’s Rock when He is near? We lie down in green pastures, for Jesus Himself is food and rest to our souls.

Days of Heaven on Earth Devotional for June 10

“Your heavenly Father knoweth ye have need” (Matthew 6:32)

Christ makes no less of our trust for temporal things than He does for spiritual things. He places a good deal of emphasis upon it. Why? Simply because it is harder to trust God for them. In spiritual matters we can fool ourselves, and think that we are trusting when we are not; but we cannot do so about rent and food, and the needs of our body. They must come or our faith fails. It is easy to say that we trust Him in things that are a long way off, but there can be no trifling about it in things where the faith must bring practical answers. It is easy to have faith for our needs, and to trust Him when the sun is shining. But let some things arise which irritate and rasp and fret us, and we soon find whether we have real trust or not. And so the things of everyday life are tests of our real faith in God, and He often puts us where we have to trust for tangible matters—for money and rent, and food and clothes. If you are not trusting here wholly, when you are placed i n such tests you will break down. Are you trusting God for everything through the six ordinary days of the week?

Worthy Brief - June 10, 2026

The wilderness is preparing you for the Kingdom!

Isaiah 43:18-19 “Remember not the former things, nor consider the things of old. 19 Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.

One of the greatest misunderstandings in the Kingdom is believing the wilderness is God's rejection -- when it is actually His classroom.

Israel had already been redeemed by the blood of the Passover lamb. They had already crossed the sea. Pharaoh's dominion had been shattered. Yet instead of entering the Promised Land immediately, God led them into the wilderness -- because leaving Egypt took one night, but removing Egypt from their hearts required a lifetime of learning to trust the King.

Every morning, manna fell from heaven. Every day, the cloud moved before them. Every night, the pillar of fire stood watch over the camp. Every hardship became an invitation to trust the King rather than manage the circumstances. The wilderness was never meant to be permanent -- it was preparation. God was not simply moving His people from one geography to another. He was exchanging the mindset of slaves for the character of sons.

The writer of Hebrews looks back on Israel’s journey and offers a sober warning: do not repeat their mistake. God’s rest is not inactivity or escape -- it is the settled confidence of a people who have learned to trust His provision, follow His leading, and live under the gracious rule of the King. [Hebrews 3:7-Hebrews 4:11]

The tragedy of the wilderness generation was not that they left Egypt too slowly -- it was that Egypt never completely left them. Their bodies had crossed the sea, but their hearts kept looking back. Every difficulty became an occasion to long for slavery rather than trust the God who was leading them toward inheritance. They had been brought out, but they had not yet been built up. They were freed people who had not yet learned to live free.

This is why the wilderness occupies such a central place in the Kingdom story. In the Exodus wanderings, the wilderness was where Israel learned dependence before receiving inheritance. It was where slaves became a covenant people -- where fear gave way to faith, and where God formed a nation capable of carrying His presence into the earth.

The same pattern holds for us. Yeshua (Jesus) does not simply deliver His people — He trains and disciples them, preparing them to rule with Him. The Kingdom is not only about leaving the old life behind; it is about learning the rhythms of the new one. Every season of waiting, every test of faith, every daily act of obedience is not wasted time — it is God forming a people prepared to steward what He has promised, citizens of His Kingdom being shaped into its future rulers. The wilderness wanderings are the King's school for those who will reign with Him, and every lesson teaches you to trust the King before He entrusts you with the Kingdom. The wilderness, then, is not evidence that God has abandoned you -- it is evidence that He is preparing you.

If this season feels like a wilderness, lift up your eyes. The same God who parted the sea is the God who is leading your steps, and He has never brought His people out simply to leave them in the desert. Every morning, He is teaching you to trust His provision. Every step is teaching you to follow His voice. Every delay is strengthening a faith that will be able to carry the weight of inheritance. So do not let Egypt shape your thinking while the Kingdom is shaping your heart. You were never redeemed merely to escape bondage -- you were redeemed to become a son, a daughter, a citizen of Heaven, and an heir of the Kingdom. The wilderness is not evidence that God has forgotten you; it is evidence that the King is preparing you for what He has already promised. Keep following the cloud. Keep gathering the manna. Keep walking by faith. Because on the other side of every lesson is an inheritance, and the God who is forming you today is preparing you to reign with Him tomorrow.

Your family in the Lord with much agape love,

George & Baht Rivka (Maryland)

Wayside Chapel Daily Devotional 10th June 2026

June 10

2 Samuel 21:1 1During the reign of David, there was a famine for three successive years; so David sought the face of the LORD. The LORD said, "It is on account of Saul and his blood-stained house; it is because he put the Gibeonites to death."

When the weather conditions were severe so that they suffered a lack of food, David sought the face of the LORD. He did not think it was just cycles. He did not consider it coincidence or natural phenomenon. He looked to God for the reason behind this "natural" problem. When we seek, we will find.

God spoke to David. We do not know how. It may have been audible, or it may have been in his heart. It could have been through one of the prophets. The answer was that the land was experiencing the judgment of God for something that had happened years earlier. Saul had violated the ancient covenant that Joshua made with the Gibeonites. Pretending they had come from a far-off country, they had tricked Israel into a peace treaty. Nevertheless, the covenant was made. Saul made war on them, breaking this ancient treaty.

There are times in life when we face the consequences of another's actions. It is not always clear why there are problems, but it could be God balancing the books. If we seek the face of the LORD, He may show us some way to rectify the imbalance so that God can justly bless the land again with rain. Often it will be something in our own life. It may be an apology that needs to be made, or forgiveness that needs to be granted.

Consider: Trials may come from our own failures or others' failures, but there is always a lesson to be learned if we will seek the face of the LORD.

This much is sure: God will teach you to pray. Don’t think for a minute that he’s glaring at you from a distance with crossed arms and a scowl, waiting

When we make a commitment to grow daily in our faith, we can rise above our physical existence and ascend ever closer to God.

Hatred is akin to murder in God’s eyes; we must choose to love our enemies.

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