More to Follow
A large sum of money was given to Rowland Hill to dispense to a poor pastor. Thinking that the amount was too much to send all at once, Hill forwarded just a portion along with a note that said simply, “More to follow.” In a few days the man received another envelope containing the same amount and with the same message, “More to follow.” At regular intervals, there came a third, and a fourth. In fact, they continued, along with those cheering words, until the entire sum had been received.
C. H. Spurgeon used this story to illustrate that the good things we receive from God always come with the same prospect of more to follow. He said:
“When God forgives our sins, theres more forgiveness to follow. He justifies us in the righteousness of Christ, but theres more to follow. He adopts us into His family, but theres more to follow. He prepares us for heaven, but theres more to follow. He gives us grace, but theres more to follow. He helps us to old age, but theres still more to follow.”
Spurgeon concluded, “Even when we arrive in the world to come, there will still be more to follow.”