A Lesson From the Bees

From: Messages of God's Love: 1980

• 1 min. read • grade level: 4

A black cloud was rising out of the west. The low muttering of thunder was heard in the distance, and as I stood taking note of the signs of the coming storm, I noticed the air seemed full of bees. Each one was dropping straight down as an arrow to the hive. I watched them for some time, as they happened in from the flowery meadows to their home, and this scripture came to my mind: “Flee from the wrath to come.” Luke 3:7⁷Then said he to the multitude that came forth to be baptized of him, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come? (Luke 3:7); Matthew 3:7⁷But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come? (Matthew 3:7).

I thought how much wiser the bees are than the men of this world! God has given them warning after warning in His word of the judgment surely coming on this poor world. But folks go on as if all were well, unheeding the solemn word, “Flee from the wrath to come.”

“Because He hath appointed a day, in the which He will judge the world in righteousness by that Man whom He hath ordained.” Acts 17:31³¹Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead. (Acts 17:31).

How safe the little bees are in their hives! The storm may rage about them, but it does not touch them. And oh, how safe is each one who has fled for refuge to Christ. “A MAN shall be as a hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest.” Isaiah 32:2²And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land. (Isaiah 32:2).

We know who that Man is, even “The Man Christ Jesus; who gave Himself a ransom for all.” 1 Timothy 2:5,6⁵For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; ⁶Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time. (1 Timothy 2:5‑6).

Oh, dear friends—young and old—be wise as the bees. Make haste to Christ! Let not any of the sweet things in the fields of this world tempt you to stay away from Him. He will be your “covert” and “hiding place” when the great day of God’s wrath has come.

ML-03/16/1980

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