THE little girl in our picture today looks very happy and contented in the arms of her older brother and sister. She does not seem to be in the least afraid that they will let her drop. The picture brings to mind a verse in the Bible which says, “THE ETERNAL GOD IS THY REFUGE, AND UNDERNEATH ARE THE EVERLASTING ARMS.” Deut. 33:37. Do you know what a refuge is? It is a place of safety—a place where nothing can harm one. Our houses are a refuge from the cold and storms of winter.
Many people have a care in their yard to use for a refuge from cyclones, or terrible wind storms. Our verse says that the Eternal God is our refuge. Do you know from what He is our refuge? I think I hear some little one say, “From sin or from Satan.” Yes, that is right. If the everlasting arms are underneath us, we need have no fear of anything evil, and if once we are in those arms, they will never, never let us drop.
There is another verse in the Bible, which speaks of God, as holding the sea in the hollow of His hand. Once a little boy was in a ship and a terrible storm came up. Everyone on board of the ship was very much frightened, thinking it was going to sink, except a little boy, who seemed very calm and quiet. Someone, noticing this, asked him if he was not afraid. Looking up, the little boy answered, “Afraid? No. Why should I be afraid? My Saviour holds the water in the hollow of His hand, and if the ship should sink, I would go right down into my Saviour’s hand.”
ML 07/02/1916