…until the day break, and the shadows flee away… – Song of Songs 2:17

What are those shadows that are to flee at His approach? The types and shadows of the ceremonial law were all finished when Christ appeared the first time; but many shadows still remain: the shadows of our doubts, the grim mysterious shadows of our fears, the shadows of sin, so black, so dense, the shadows of abounding unbelief, ten thousand shadows. When He cometh, these shall all flee away; and with them shall go the heaven and earth that now are, for what are these but shadows? All things that are unsubstantial shall pass away when He appeareth; when the day breaks, then everything but that which is eternal and invisible shall pass away.

We will wait in the darkness with patient endurance as long as God appoints it. Whatever of shadow is yet to come, whatever of cold damp air and dews of the night is yet to fall upon us, we will bear it. Soldiers of the cross, you must not wish to avoid these shadows; He who has called you to this service knew that it would be night time, and He called you to night duty; and being put upon the night watch, keep at your post…The day will break, and the shadows flee away; and until then, watch through the night, and fear not the shadows. Play the man, remembering through what a sevenfold night your Master passed, when, in Gethsemane, He endured even to a bloody sweat for you. When, on the cross, even His mid-day was midnight, what must have been the darkness over His spirit? He bore it; then bear you it. Let no thought of fear pass over your mind; or, if it does, let not your heart be troubled, but rise above your fear until the day break, and the shadows flee away. Be of good courage, soldiers of Christ, and still wait on in patient endurance. ~ C.H. Spurgeon

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