SWEETER THAN HONEY
A Gospel Honeycomb
(Thomas Watson, "The
Crown of
Righteousness")
Here is a gospel honeycomb,
dropping
comfort into the hearts of the godly. How may this alleviate all the afflictions
of this life and make these bitter waters of Marah, become
sweet and
pleasant to drink of! There is a crown laid up for me!
A Christian in this life, has something to grieve him and yet
something
to comfort him. A true saint is an heir of the cross.
If he wears
any robes they are
bloody. If he wears any crown it is one of thorns. But
here is
that which may sweeten his sufferings; here is sweet wine mingled
with his wormwood he shall be crowned in paradise! This,
my
brethren, may change our mourninginto melody; and our tearsinto
triumph! Though we bear the cross we shall wear the crown!
Our sufferings cannot continue long. If our life is short our sufferings
cannot be long. Oh, how may this sweeten all the bitter cups we
drink of!
Cleopatra put a jewel in her cup which contained the price of
a kingdom.
When we are drinking in our wormwood cup let this jewel be
put
into our cup to make it go down more pleasantly we will shortly have an
eternal
reward of glory! Though bitterness is in the cup sugar lies
at
the bottom!
"Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness,
which the Lord, the righteous Judge, shall give me at that day!" 2
Timothy
4:8