Job 37:1-13 At this also my heart trembles, and is moved out of his place.… I. WE LEARN THAT WHAT GOD GIVES IS PURE. The beautiful snow, in its purity, is a type of His gifts. To be pure is certainly a state to earnestly desire, and strenuously endeavour to attain. It requires the crucible of affliction and discipline to reach it, and God often, yea, indeed, constantly uses it. II. THAT WHAT GOD GIVES IS BEAUTIFUL. Nothing is so beautiful as a field of fresh-fallen snow. The snow grows more beautiful when you examine it closely. But think of the source from whence they come, and each little form will be to you a profitable teacher. God gave the snow, and it is thus beautiful; so beautiful are all His gifts. Beauty is a quality in objects not to be ignored. When God makes beauty, how infinitely superior it is in beauty to the beauty constructed by the hand of man. III. THAT WHAT GOD GIVES IS GOOD. Were it not for the kindly snow, in some countries, not one grain of wheat would live through the rigorous cold of the winter. But the very wheat is warmed into life by the protection of the snow. IV. THE SNOW TEACHES US TO BE IMPARTIAL. In this it accords with the Word of God. It bestows its benefits upon a community, it neglects none. V. WE LEARN A LESSON OF CAUTION. How easily soiled is the snow, because of its very whiteness and cleanness. Its susceptibility to soil and dirt is a constant pleading that one be careful not to soil it. The fairer, whiter, cleaner a thing is, the more easily is it soiled. VI. ONE MORE LESSON — THE EVANESCENCE OF ALL EARTHLY THINGS. The fields, now hidden from view by their snowy covering, will soon be seen again; and when the snow is gone, how brief will seem to have been the season of its sojourn! Out of this lesson comes another — the duty of readiness to meet the Bridegroom. (Wallace Thorp.) Parallel Verses KJV: At this also my heart trembleth, and is moved out of his place.WEB: "Yes, at this my heart trembles, and is moved out of its place. |
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