I know that this Messages of the Love of God is read by a good many boys and girls who have never seen snow. But, at least you have heard about it, and I would like to speak to you today about the beautiful snow, and the way in which it illustrates God’s power, God’s grace, and God’s glory.
Snowflakes are so very light that we are hardly conscious of them as they fall upon us one by one. If we look at them carefully we can see their great beauty, and yet we can scarcely feel their weight. But they do have power. Many of us have seen enough snow come down to stop a powerful locomotive, to crush in the roof of a building, and to bring all the plans and purposes of man to a complete standstill.
Have you ever thought about this, as you have seen great drifts of snow, and have witnessed God’s great power in bringing all man’s works to a standstill? The snow also reminds us of God’s wondrous grace. I am sure you have often thought of Isaiah 1:1818Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. (Isaiah 1:18): “Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow.”
Yes, those beautiful white flakes drifting down from the sky are intend to remind us of God’s Word which tells us that our guilty sins can be washed whiter than snow in the precious blood of Jesus. Not only does snow speak to us of God’s power and God’s grace, but it also reminds us of His glory.
Do you remember, in the 9th chapter of Mark’s gospel, when the Lord Jesus stood on the top of the mountain His robe is described as “exceeding white as snow”?
There is a day coming when all the redeemed ones shall stand in the presence of just such glory, and we are already fitted to be there through the work which the Lord Jesus Christ did on the cross of Calvary.
Let us never forget then when we see the glistening snow, that it speaks to us of:
The power of God;
The grace of God;
The glory of God.
ML 12/09/1956