“Ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air,
and they shall tell thee; or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and
the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee. Who knoweth not in all these
that the hand of the Lord hath wrought this?” --Job xii. 7-9.
O for an understanding heart and a spiritual mind to read God’s book of
nature as Job read it, deriving holy instruction from every page written on it
by its Creator’s hand! We have received not only such “handwriting on the
wall” of creation as Job saw, but the “interpretation thereof” in the “volume
of the Book;” how diligent, then ought we to be to grow in grace and
knowledge by all those means which God has so richly bestowed on us! All
the objects of nature may remind us of teachings in God’s Word, if we have
but the heart to receive them. The beasts of the field, the sheep and
lambs, may remind us how we “like sheep have gone astray,” or may speak
to us of Him who is “the Lamb of God.” The ravens tell of His care, who
provides for those who are “better than the fowls;” the sparrows tell us that
“not one of them is forgotten before God,” and we “are of more value than
many sparrows.” The lovely lilies say to us, “Why take ye thought for
raiment?” And the grass, so green to-day, so quickly cut down and
withered, tells us to remember “all flesh is grass, and all the goodliness
thereof is as the flower of the field.” Thus do Thou, O Lord, enable us to
read thy book of Nature by thy book of Revelation Norman Macleod
PSALM 4:8 I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep:
for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety. Happy and gracious conclusion of every truly regenerate soul, convinced of an interest in CHRIST, and a personal union with him. The beloved of the LORD shall dwell safely. Isaiah 32:18. REFLECTIONS READER! let you and I never lose sight of the LORD JESUS while reading this Psalm. He is the LORD our righteousness. And, therefore, in all our approaches to the mercy-seat, let us go there in a language corresponding to this, which calls JESUS the GOD of our righteousness. And while men of the world from the world are seeking their chief good, let us desire his favor which infinitely transcends corn and wine, and all the good things which perish in using. Yes! LORD, thy favor is better than life itself. Thou causest them that love thee to inherit substance, and fittest all their treasure, yea thou thyself art their treasure. And oh! thou gracious GOD and FATHER, hast thou in such a wonderful manner set apart one in our nature for thyself? ...
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