When Ed was at the zoo one day he stopped to watch some furry little animals in a large cage. They looked a bit like rabbits, but the sign said they were conies.
Ed was thinking they would make nice pets when suddenly there came a roar that shook the whole building. It was a lion’s roar. Before the lion could roar a second time every coney had disappeared. It almost seemed as if the ground had swallowed them up. Then the lion roared again. Looking more carefully, Ed noticed a large rock with holes in it in the back of the cage. From each hole he could see a pair of beady eyes looking out at him. Ah! that’s where the conies had hidden.
Ed thought what wise little animals the conies were. Even if the old lion could get loose in his cage, he might wear out his claws scratching at that rock, but he would never be able to have those conies for his dinner.
The Bible tells us that “the conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks.” (Prov. 30:2626The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks; (Proverbs 30:26).) It also says, “They are exceeding wise.”
Boys and girls, and older folks, too, have a Refuge like the conies, only a much safer and better place. That Refuge is the Lord Jesus Christ, the Saviour of sinners.
David found the Lord to be his Rock, and we can do the same. In Psa. 62:22He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved. (Psalm 62:2) he says, “He only is my Rock and my salvation; He is my defense; I shall not be greatly moved.” Again, “My refuge is in God.” (vs. 7.)
Those little conies had a good refuge, but those who trust in Jesus surely have a much more wonderful one!
ML-02/12/1978