WHEN WE see pictures of Noah’s Ark and the animals going in or coming out, there are usually a couple of elephants in the picture, though God hasn’t told us the names of the animals that were in the Ark, What a wonderful creature the elephant is. God put him here on earth, and sometimes one will weigh as much as eight tons. These animals are so big that on a rampage they could destroy a whole village in the country where they live, yet they are so gentle they will baby sit for their master while he is out. He is so tender-hearted that he will even grieve over the death of his master.
What wonderful lessons we can learn from the elephant. In Luke’s gospel, ch. 12, the Lord Jesus speaks of God’s care for us. I don’t know of a Christian who cannot tell how God has cared for him. Yet I find many people who won’t let the Lord Jesus come into their hearts so that He might care for them.
A secretary once said to me, “I wish I could be as happy as you are.” “You can be if you want to be,” I replied. She said, “I know, but I can’t trust Him.”
I trust Him, and I know hundreds of others who trust Him. The Lord Jesus is the only person that ever loved me so much as to die for me. How can I not trust Him?
Just as the ark was able to keep and care for all the animals, so the Lord is able to care for and keep all those who put their trust in Him.
Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and He shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord. Psa. 27. 14.
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