Cursed is the Man That Feeds the Swine
The acorns with which God feeds swine!
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"I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity
of the wicked!" Psalm 73:3
It is often that the evil enjoy all the good—and the
good endure all the evil. Be contented; for remember:
Worldly goods are not the only things, nor the best
things. They are mere temporal blessings. These are
but the acorns with which God feeds swine!
You who are believers have more choice fruit—the
olive, the pomegranate, the fruit which grows on
the true vine Jesus Christ! Others have the fat of
the earth—you have the dew of heaven! They have
muddied puddles—but you have those springs of
living water which are purified with Christ's blood,
and filled with His love!
To see the wicked flourish is rather a matter of pity,
than of envy! This is all the heaven they will
have! "Woe to you who are rich, for you have your
only happiness now!" (Luke 6:24) Hence it was,
that David made it his solemn prayer, "Deliver me
from the wicked, from men of the world, who have
their portion in this life!" Psalm 17:15
When the wicked have eaten of their dainty dishes
—there comes in a sad reckoning, which will spoil all.
We should not envy a man who will fry and blaze
in hell—let him have enough of the fat of the earth.
O remember—for every sand of mercy which runs
out of the wicked, God puts a drop of wrath into
His vial! "You are storing up wrath for yourself in
the day of wrath, when God's righteous judgment
is revealed." Romans 2:5
Do you envy the wicked? Alas! their prosperity is
like Haman's banquet—before his execution! If a
man were to be hanged—would you envy to see
him walk to the gallows through pleasant fields, or
to see him go up the ladder in expensive clothing?
"I will curse your blessings!" (Malachi 2:2) Whatever
a sinner enjoys—he has a curse with it! And shall we
envy him? Would we envy a dog—if poisoned food
was given to it!
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(Thomas Brooks, "The Unsearchable Riches of Christ")
Weak Christians are usually much concerned and taken
up with the poor base things of this world. They are
much in carking and caring for them, and in pursuing
and hunting greedily after them. All which does clearly
evidence--that their graces are very weak, and their
corruptions very strong.
Certainly there is but little of Christ and grace within,
where the heart is so strongly concerned about earthly
things. Where there is such strong love and workings
of heart after these poor things--it shows the soul's
enjoyment of God to be but poor and low. Those who
are rich and strong in grace, look upon the world with
a holy scorn and disdain.
The greatest bargain which a soul rich in grace will
make with God for himself is this, "Give me but bread
to eat and clothes to wear--and you shall be my God."
So it was with that brave soul in Genesis 28:21. Jacob
desires but bread and clothing. Mark, he asks bread
--not dainties; clothing--not ornaments.
Grown men prefer one piece of gold, above a thousand
new pennies. A soul who is strong in grace, who is high
in its spiritual enjoyments, prefers one good word from
God, above all the dainties of this world. Souls who know
by experience what the bosom of Christ is, what spiritual
communion is, what the glory of heaven is--will not be
put off with things which are mixed, mutable, and
momentary. "Lord," he prays, "Warm my heart with
the beams of Your love--and then a little of these
things will suffice."
It is childish to be concerned more with the rattles
and baubles of this world, than with heavenly riches.
A little of this world will satisfy one who is strong in grace,
much will not satisfy one who is weak in grace,
nothing will satisfy one who is void of grace.
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