Gems for the Week
December 5
"The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge." (Psalm 46:7,11)
When "The Lord of hosts is with us" we can be at peace in the midst of the storm, but when in spirit we are with Him we are where the storms come not. What a change! - from the waters roaring and troubled, and the mountains shaking, to the peace that surrounds Him. We read in the next verse: "There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the Most High. God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved."
What a contrast! We are across the bar of the open tempestuous sea, and have reached the clam, sweet haven of rest. The storm and the raging waters are exchanged for the river of God - calm, peaceful, gladdening, refreshing! (A.J.Pollock)
N.J. Hiebert # 3544
