AMIDST many dangers and hardships, the sea faring men go out to the great deep to get the fish that God in His goodness has supplied for man’s use. But in the picture before us they are near the mouth of a river, where they are able to catch Whit-bait in their nets.
These tiny little silver-colored-fish, which I understand are young herring, goo, through the water in large droves and sometimes they catch so many, that they cannot find sufficient sale for all of them. These are what they call their good times. Like many others, they take all they get as if they got it by their own smartness or by luck, as they call it, and forget they could get nothing if God, in His goodness did not see fit to give it to them. But we know all do not do so, some have been taught, and rejoice to know, that God is the giver and they have put their trust in Him instead of in what He has given, and they can distribute and communicate to others who are in need with the means that has come into their hands. May we all, dear children, not only accept all as coming from God’s band and remember, that He has given us richly all things to enjoy, but think of the needs of others and communicate what we can.
We see the great example for this in what the Lord Jesus has done for us, in leaving the bright glory and coming into the world of sin and willingly dying in our stead and then sharing His blessed home above with us who believe in Him. If we know this and appreciate it in our souls we will be glad to give out to others of that which God has given us.
ML 06/17/1906