A Place of Shelter

 •  1 min. read  •  grade level: 5
W HAT a quiet, pretty scene we have before us. These little folks seem to be enjoying their play at the seaside. They have found a sheltered place, away from the waves which continually break on the shore beyond the rocks. Then look at the water, how beautiful it is. The children can wade in and gather the pretty shells, and sail their little boats. See, how shallow the water is! Surely it is an ideal place for little folks like these.
My dear children, have you found a place of shelter from the storm that is coming upon this world—the judgment of God— “When the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with His mighty angels, in flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ’? 2 Thess. 1:7, 87And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, 8In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: (2 Thessalonians 1:7‑8).
If you have not, I beg of you to flee at once to the only place of shelter—to the Lord Jesus, who is saying, “Him that cometh to Me, I will in no wise cast out.” John 6:3737All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out. (John 6:37).
“A Man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place; as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.” Isa. 32:22And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land. (Isaiah 32:2).
ML-05/23/1920