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“And it shall come
to pass,
when I bring a cloud over the earth,
that the bow shall be seen in the cloud.”
Genesis 9:14
FAITH SEES THE
BOW
Just now clouds are plentiful enough, but we are not
afraid that the world will be destroyed by a deluge.
We see the rainbow often enough to prevent our having
any such fears. The covenant which the Lord made with
Noah stands fast, and we have no doubts about it.
Why, then, should we think that the clouds of trouble,
which now darken our sky, will end in our destruction?
Let us dismiss such groundless and dishonoring fears.
Faith always sees the bow of covenant promise whenever
sense sees the cloud of affliction.
God has a bow with which He might shoot out His arrows
of destruction; but see! it is turned upward. It is a
bow without an arrow or a string; it is a bow hung out
for show, no longer used for war. It is a bow of many
colors, expressing joy and delight, and not a bow
blood-red with slaughter, or black with anger.
Let us be of good courage. Never does God so darken
our sky as to leave His covenant without a witness;
and even if He did, we would trust Him, since He
cannot change, or lie, or in any other way fail to
keep His covenant of peace. Until the waters go over
the earth again, we shall have no reason for doubting
our God.
"Lord Dictated Them"
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