WAY in the beautiful highlands of Scotland, such a scene as we have in our picture this week, can often be witnessed. The women there do a great deal of work outside of the house—work that is often too hard for them. God has made the woman the weaker vessel, and to be a keeper of the house, so the dear mother can take care of her children and have the meals ready for the husband when the hour comes, and also to look after their clothes and their comforts in every way. How wonderful are all God’s ways, for such is His ordering, but we find how distorted and out of place everything is in this world.
How is it that disorder has come in God’s creation? The answer is, Sin has come in through Satan, and consequently God’s wonderful creation is spoiled, and there is sickness and sorrow and hard toil. God told man, on account of his sin, “In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.” Gen. 3:1919In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. (Genesis 3:19).
There is another thing, God has come with a great blessing for man, not by patching up the ruined condition, but by bringing in a new creation through the Lord Jesus Christ, so on the cross He bore the full penalty for sin, and all who will put their trust in Him—believe in Him as their Savior—are delivered from the eternal results of sin, and when the Lord comes He will deliver from all the suffering and disorder that has come in through sin.
Are you trusting that Savior? Are you resting on Him as the One who bore the awful penalty of being shut out of God’s presence for your sins? If you are, you can rejoice in that scripture “THERE IS THEREFORE NOW NO CONDEMNATION TO THEM WHICH ARE IN CHRIST JESUS.” Rom. 8:11There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. (Romans 8:1).
God looks at such in Christ, the One who has been fully under the results of sin, and is now risen triumphant over all the effects of sin. If you do not believe in Jesus, God’s Word says, “He that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on Him.” John 3:3636He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him. (John 3:36).
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