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The Sea and Its Wonders
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Messages of God's Love: 1970
• 2 min. read • grade level: 8
The Deep Blue Sea
“All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full.”
Eccl. 1:7
7
All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again. (Ecclesiastes 1:7)
. With its ebb and flow, its calm and its storms, swallowing down great vessels, casting up wreck and disaster, the sea is like the great world of human life — the vast waters of “peoples, and multitudes, and nations” (Rev. 17: 15), over which God sits supreme as sovereign Lord and King (
Psa. 29:10
10
The Lord sitteth upon the flood; yea, the Lord sitteth King for ever. (Psalm 29:10)
), controlling all. O what a God He is! Mighty in power, yet “rich in mercy.” (
Eph. 2:4
4
But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, (Ephesians 2:4)
).
Ships and Voyages
“There go the ships” (Psa. 104: 26), some going to sunny climes, others to Arctic seas. Some going on their first voyage, others coming into port for the last time. All like human lives, ever going, ever coming, some to be wrecked, some to receive “an abundant entrance” (
2 Pet. 1:11
11
For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. (2 Peter 1:11)
) to eternal rest. A good start (
2 Tim. 3:15
15
And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. (2 Timothy 3:15)
), a skilled captain (
Heb. 2:10
10
For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings. (Hebrews 2:10)
), a reliable chart (Psa. 119: 105), and a safe course (
Psa. 107:7
7
And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation. (Psalm 107:7)
), all make for a good voyage.
To the Other Side
The eternal shore, to which the ling Lord accompanies His own “in the ship,” His own word, “Let us go over unto the other side,” (
Luke 8:22
22
Now it came to pass on a certain day, that he went into a ship with his disciples: and he said unto them, Let us go over unto the other side of the lake. And they launched forth. (Luke 8:22)
), makes their safety as sure as His own, and their arrival as certain as He has promised. Storms may be met, but they cannot engulf the ship in which the Lord of heaven and earth and the seas sails. How secure are all who are
in
and
with
Christ! “They shall never perish.”
John 10:28
28
And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. (John 10:28)
.
Seabirds and Fishes
Birds flying about, fishes swimming beneath (
Psa. 104:25
25
So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts. (Psalm 104:25)
), all known to God and such provided for by Him, tell of divine care, which is ever exercised toward all who put their trust in the living God (1 Tim. 4: 10); He never leaves nor forsakes His own (
Heb. 13:5
5
Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. (Hebrews 13:5)
).
Sand and Rock
The foolish man built his house on sand, the wise man built upon the rock (
Matt. 7:24-27
24
Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
25
And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.
26
And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:
27
And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it. (Matthew 7:24‑27)
). Sand is a bad foundation, and warns all against building their hopes for eternity on man’s fair promises and self’s fond dreams. The storms of death and judgment will sweep these away and bring ruin to the builders. Christ, the Rock of ages (
Isa. 26:4
4
Trust ye in the Lord for ever: for in the Lord JEHOVAH is everlasting strength: (Isaiah 26:4)
), is the one sure foundation. None who build on Him shall ever be disappointed (
1 Pet. 2:6
6
Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded. (1 Peter 2:6)
), or left to perish (
John 3:16
16
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. (John 3:16)
).
ML-04/26/1970
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