IN our picture this week we see a dog with a wild duck in his mouth. The hunter who shot the duck we hope did not do it for pleasure, but for the sake of food, for God has given these animals for food, and we should not take pleasure in killing, but only do so when it is necessary.
It is wonderful the variety of food God has given to us, as well as the abundance. Sometimes people suffer from a lack of food and in all cases man is to blame for it. It may be because he is wasteful, or it may be that he is going on without thought of God, and God may then withhold the food to give him to realize his dependence. God does not want man to suffer any more than a parent wants his child to suffer, but sometimes the parent has to punish the child for wrongdoing, and often to put him through difficult lessons to fit him for the future, so God deals with His creatures and He wants all to fear Him, and to remember that He has to say to us about every step in our path.
He wants us to know,
So if anyone is lost, it is his own fault. The Lord has died for sinners so that they may not perish, and all that is asked from us is to believe on Him—take Him as our Saviour.
We can see then that God has not only provided abundance of food for us, and in great variety, but a wonderful Saviour the Lord Jesus Christ so that none need perish.
ML 07/07/1918