For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely is the floods of great waters they shall not come night unto him (Ps. 32:6).
Today is the day when the Lord may be found, for it is written: "Now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation" (2 Cor. 6:2). That is why we are to seek the Lord while He may be found, and call upon Him while He is near (Isa. 55:6). We all need to listen to the warning of the apostle: "Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God. But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin" (Heb. 3:12, 13).
If we keep on praying terms with God during fair weather, we shall be safe in the big rains. In the great floods of trouble that are coming upon the world, God's care for His children will be sure, though we may not know the manner of His deliverance.
Near Port Royal, Jamaica, there is a tomb with this epitaph: "Here lieth the body of Louis Caldy, Esq., native of Mont Pelier, France. He was swallowed up by the earthquake at this place in 1692, but by the great providence of God was, by a second shock, flung into the sea, where he continued swimming until rescued by a boat, and lived forty years afterward."
God's care is over us, even when we do not see it in such startling ways. John Greenleaf Whittier wrote:
Yet, in the maddening maze of things,
And tossing by storm and flood,
To one fixed trust my spirit clings;
I know that God is good!
MEDITATION PRAYER: "The floods have lifted up, O Lord, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their waves. The Lord on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea" (Ps. 93:3, 4).
Today is the day when the Lord may be found, for it is written: "Now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation" (2 Cor. 6:2). That is why we are to seek the Lord while He may be found, and call upon Him while He is near (Isa. 55:6). We all need to listen to the warning of the apostle: "Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God. But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin" (Heb. 3:12, 13).
If we keep on praying terms with God during fair weather, we shall be safe in the big rains. In the great floods of trouble that are coming upon the world, God's care for His children will be sure, though we may not know the manner of His deliverance.
Near Port Royal, Jamaica, there is a tomb with this epitaph: "Here lieth the body of Louis Caldy, Esq., native of Mont Pelier, France. He was swallowed up by the earthquake at this place in 1692, but by the great providence of God was, by a second shock, flung into the sea, where he continued swimming until rescued by a boat, and lived forty years afterward."
God's care is over us, even when we do not see it in such startling ways. John Greenleaf Whittier wrote:
Yet, in the maddening maze of things,
And tossing by storm and flood,
To one fixed trust my spirit clings;
I know that God is good!
MEDITATION PRAYER: "The floods have lifted up, O Lord, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their waves. The Lord on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea" (Ps. 93:3, 4).
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