HERE are two fine deer, and their two pretty baby deer. And they have such a splendid resting place under this beautiful biz tree with its shading branches.
All around are tall grass and ferns, so, lying down, the deer are well hidden. A person would have to get quite near before he could see them.
They feel safe in this nice secluded spot, and they are pretty safe. But still some hunter might come along and discover them. They would be safe no longer.
Dear reader, are you safe? Perhaps you have a very comfortable and beautiful home, well-guarded against storms, fire, thieves, and other dangers. You may think you have a resting place that is safe from every harm.
Yet at any moment, and in a way you least expect, trouble may come. Are you ready to have your resting place — perhaps your very life—taken from you in a moment?
Not unless your Soul has found a resting place. If you have learned to know and love the One who said, “COME UNTO ME, ALL YE THAT LABOR AND ARE HEAVY LADEN, AND I WILL GIVE YOU REST” (Matt. 11:2828Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. (Matthew 11:28)), you have indeed found a resting place secure from every danger. With your soul resting there, you need have no fear about earthly resting places.
O do not be content with anything less than the safety which Christ alone can give—the rest that nothing can disturb.
“For I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” (Rom. 8: 38, 39.) In such a love is eternal rest.
ML 09/01/1912