DOWN from the cold northland floated this great chilly iceberg. Past black seals, white polar bears, and fur-clad Eskimos it came, floating along with the current. Little kayaks and big boats steered carefully away from it, for they knew well enough that it is not pleasant to bump an iceberg.
You see, an iceberg is cold and hard, and very poor company for anyone. It has no warmth and gentleness, for if it had, it wouldn’t be an iceberg any longer! How is it with you, boys and girls? Do your friends find that you have warmth and gentleness for them, or do they find you something like an iceberg? Most important of all, how does God find you? Are you filled with warm love toward Him, or is your heart like a little iceberg when God seeks for your love?
Our iceberg did not look very large when it floated in the water, but any Eskimo knows that an iceberg is ten times as big as it looks. The wind and the tide left it far up on shore one day, and there it stood, showing its full size, just as God can see all the real coldness of your heart when He looks at it. It is well that you too should see that heart of yours is far worse than it looks, even to your friends.
But see what is happening to the iceberg in our picture. It cannot stand the sunshine. Slowly and surely, all its coldness and hardness is melting away, until nothing will be left but a wet spot on the ground. Surely the warmth of God’s love will melt your cold heart too. Open and read your Bible, and let the light of the glorious gospel of Christ shine in unto you. His love will then shine out from you to others also, and that dangerous iceberg will be fresh springs of water!
Messages of the Love of God 12/19/1948