The Troubled Sea

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The wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest.” Isaiah 57:2020But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt. (Isaiah 57:20). That is what God says, and if ever you have watched the sea or seen a storm like the one in our picture, you would understand the meaning of those words. It cannot rest. Sometimes the waves are big ones, white-capped breakers, flinging their spray on the roof-tops along the shore. Sometimes they are low, heaving waves, breaking gently on the sand. But never, never are they quite at rest.
“The wicked are like the troubled sea,” and “there is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.” Isaiah 57:2121There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked. (Isaiah 57:21). I must take my place there, among the wicked, and I’m sure you should too, for God’s Word says “There is none righteous no not one.” Romans 3:1010As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: (Romans 3:10). People talk about progress and advancement, but at the same time they are like the troubled sea, they have no peace or rest. What a very, very troubled world it is for little folks to grow up in, today!
“These things I have spoken unto you,” says the Lord Jesus, “that in Me ye might have peace.” John 16:3333These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. (John 16:33). And again His blessed voice says, “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). How could He offer peace to selfish, striving, wicked men? Ah, He has “made peace through the blood of his cross.” Col. 1:2020And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven. (Colossians 1:20). Because of His suffering for sin on Calvary’s cross, He now can offer peace to a troubled little soul, or a troubled old sinner. There is not true rest or peace apart from Him. You cannot rest without Jesus, “There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.”
ML 01/18/1953