The Deep Blue Sea
“All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full.” Eccl. 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), controlling all. O what a God He is! Mighty in power, yet “rich in mercy.” (Eph. 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) to eternal rest. A good start (2 Tim. 3:15), a skilled captain (Heb. 2:10), a reliable chart (Psa. 119: 105), and a safe course (Psa. 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), 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.
Seabirds and Fishes
Birds flying about, fishes swimming beneath (Psa. 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).
Sand and Rock
The foolish man built his house on sand, the wise man built upon the rock (Matt. 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), is the one sure foundation. None who build on Him shall ever be disappointed (1 Pet. 2:6), or left to perish (John 3:16).
ML-04/26/1970