Just before the first battle of the Solomons, a U.S. destroyer left the western shores of the U.S.A. Each man was given a New Testament with the Psalms. One, a man who never before had opened or read a Bible, stuck his in his shirt pocket and forgot it.
Soon the destroyer was in the combat area and during the battle it was sunk. Five men managed to jump into a rubber boat and were carried away by the waves. They were all frightened for they realized there was little chance of a rescue. How inadequate was their tiny refuge! Death must be their portion.
Then one of them happened to think of the little Testament given him before he left home. He took it out of his pocket. When he opened it to read for himself, three of his companions ridiculed him, but the fifth man said: "Keep on reading! And what you read, read out loud so we can all hear.”
He had opened at the Psalms and read aloud the 91st: "He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the LORD, He is my Refuge, and my Fortress; my God; IN HIM WILL I TRUST." What comfort in those words!
Before the sun had set the three men who had ridiculed and mocked HAD BEEN SWEPT OFF THE RAFT INTO A WATERY GRAVE. The two who, in the providence of God, were still preserved, had trusted in the Lord Jesus as their Savior.
Darkness came on. All at once the light beam from an approaching ship lighted upon their frail boat. Although the waves tossed the little vessel up and down, the steady beam never lost them. Finally the ship was alongside and they were taken out of their perilous position. They found to their delight that the ship was a U.S. destroyer. Their first account of themselves was that God had saved their souls! Then they told how He had saved them from the raging of the sea. How wonderful are God's ways!
Beloved, the storm is gathering over this poor world and soon the mighty waves of God's wrath may sweep you off your frail refuge. In Christ alone there is safety. Will you not cast yourself on Him? Trust in Him, and He will carry you with all His own into the Father's house.