HAVE you ever, on a stormy day, stood on the sea-shore and watched the wild waves breaking against the rock? In the month of May, 1931, a violent storm broke loose along the coast of South Africa between Cape Town and Mossel Bay.
The tide was high and the waves, with tremendous force, broke against the esplanade at sea-side resorts and tore away large pieces of concrete work and damaged the swimming pools.
Have you ever read of waves in the Bible? If you look up Psa. 42 and the seventh verse, you will read: "All thy waves and thy billows are gone over me."
Who says this? Although these words were written long before the coming of the Lord Jesus, yet they are really His language when He was on the cross. The waves are the waves of the judgment of God which broke over His holy soul when He there gave up His life as a ransom for children and for all.
Never had anyone before passed through such a storm as He passed through. He alone was able to do it. Who could measure the sorrow of His holy soul, when He cried: "My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?”
On the day He was crucified, the storm lasted from midday till three o'clock. Then He died and was buried. On the first day of the week, He rose from among the dead and appeared to His disciples, and what did He say to them
" Peace! Peace! "
The storm was passed and there was a great calm. No more waves of judgment, but waves of blessing! He had to meet the storm alone, but now He enjoys the calm with us. The calm we can enjoy is the result of the storm which He endured. Every child who believes in Him will enjoy the calm, not only now, but for eternity.
But another storm is coming. It will soon break loose. When? How? Upon whom? The day of judgment must come. God alone knows when it will be. The Lord Jesus will be the Judge and He will Himself pronounce the verdict. Against whom? Against everyone who has not been cleansed by His precious blood.
How long will this storm last? For all eternity!
Will you not to-day, before it is too late, come to Jesus and thank Him that He once bore the force of the storm for you so that you might enjoy an eternal calm?
A. A. E.