# “The mainspring of our joy” by Charles Spurgeon

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- Published: 2013-10-03T12:00:19-05:00
- Author: tollelege

‘The hope which is laid up for you in heaven.’—**Colossians 1:5.**

“Our hope in Christ for the future is the mainspring and the mainstay of our joy
here. It will animate our hearts to think often of heaven, for all that we can desire
is promised there. Here we are weary and toilworn, but yonder is the land of rest
where the sweat of labour shall no more bedew the worker’s brow, and fatigue shall
be for ever banished.

To those who are weary and spent, the word ‘rest’ is full of heaven. We are always
in the field of battle; we are so tempted within, and so molested by foes without,
that we have little or no peace; but in heaven we shall enjoy the victory, when 
the banner shall be waved aloft in triumph, and the sword shall be sheathed, and
we shall hear our Captain say, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant.’

We have suffered bereavement after bereavement, but we are going to the land of 
the immortal where graves are unknown things. Here sin is a constant grief to us,
but there we shall be perfectly holy, for there shall by no means enter into that
kingdom anything which defileth.

Hemlock springs not up in the furrows of celestial fields. Oh! is it not joy, that
you are not to be in banishment for ever, that you are not to dwell eternally in
this wilderness, but shall soon inherit Canaan?

Nevertheless let it never be said of us, that we are dreaming about the future and
forgetting the present, let the future sanctify the present to highest uses. Through
the Spirit of God the hope of heaven is the most potent force for the product of
virtue; it is a fountain of joyous effort, it is the cornerstone of cheerful holiness.

The man who has this hope in him goes about his work with vigour, for the joy of
the Lord is his strength. He fights against temptation with ardour, for the hope
of the next world repels the fiery darts of the adversary. He can labour without
present reward, for he looks for a reward in the world to come.”

–Charles Spurgeon, “October 2 –  Morning” in [_Morning and Evening_](https://www.amazon.com/dp/1433598663?tag=toletaupanre-20)(
Geanies House, Fearn, Scotland, UK: Christian Focus, 1994),  578.

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## Comments

### By: Tracey

- Link: https://tollelege.net/2013/10/03/the-mainspring-of-our-joy-by-charles-spurgeon/comment-page-1/#comment-6757
- Published: 2013-10-03T14:22:21-05:00

Wonderful. May try to reblog. Thank you. Always need JOY spoken in Truth! twe

### By: Michael Snow

- Link: https://tollelege.net/2013/10/03/the-mainspring-of-our-joy-by-charles-spurgeon/comment-page-1/#comment-6759
- Published: 2013-10-04T10:18:34-05:00

“Our hope in Christ for the future is the mainspring and the mainstay of our joy
here….” That hope gave Spurgeon the resolve to walk in obedience to Christ in the
here and now. “Our hope in Christ for the future is the mainspring and the mainstay
of our joy here.

### By: Michael Snow

- Link: https://tollelege.net/2013/10/03/the-mainspring-of-our-joy-by-charles-spurgeon/comment-page-1/#comment-6760
- Published: 2013-10-04T10:20:03-05:00

Sorry, messed up. Instead of repeating the first line, meant to link these Surgeon
quotes: [http://spurgeonwarquotes.wordpress.com/](http://spurgeonwarquotes.wordpress.com/)