I DON’T imagine you like spiders any more than I do! It is true that they do build beautiful webs which glisten with dew and sunshine in the early morning. But I surely don’t like finding spiders in the house, and I don’t even like the job of killing them.
Just the other day, I was sitting in the meeting room at Somerset, Bermuda, and I noticed a huge spider, with big hairy legs, walking slowly across the platform. I suppose I could have stepped on him, but somehow it made me shudder, so I asked Mr. Virgil to please get rid of him. He didn’t seem to be in much of a hurry about it, however; perhaps he felt the same way I did, but he got a big stick and brought it down with a bang and missed! I think Mr. Spider saw the shadow and started to run, but Mr. Virgil was too fast for him, and with the second and third blow, Mr. Spider curled up his big furry legs and died. His body was quickly hurried out the door, and then we began the meeting.
Did you know that spiders are mentioned in the Bible? King Solomon tells us in Proverbs 30:28,28The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings' palaces. (Proverbs 30:28) “The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings’ palaces.”
And I am sure that in the sight of God, I was more loathesome than a spider, for I was a poor defiled sinner with a heart that despised the goodness of God, and turned away from His dear Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. I deserved to be punished forever for my sins, but still the Lord Jesus loved me and laid down His own life in order that He might have me for His own. He has offered to me, as a gift, the forgiveness of sins, and a home with Himself in glory. What should I do with such a loving offer? I should accept it, and that is just what I have done. I have laid hold of it by the hand of faith, and now I belong to the Lord Jesus, and am going to spend eternity in His glorious palace above. Have you taken His gift yet? He loves you and wants you to spend eternity with Him too, for there is still room in His palace for you.
Messages of God’s Love 12/1/1957