Great Thoughts Nahum 1:7 The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knows them that trust in him. Astronomers tell us that every year millions of meteoric bodies make their way towards our earth with a speed many times greater than that of the swiftest cannon-ball. These, beyond doubt, would strike the earth and destroy its inhabitants but for the air which surrounds it, That air, soft and yielding as it seems, offers so powerful a resistance to the swift motion of the falling meteors that they become vaporised through increased heat, and if they reach the earth at all, it is only in the form of minute meteoric dust. This physical fact has its counterpart in the spiritual realm. The influences Of evil which assail the Christian as he goes through the world are often enough to crush and kill in him all spiritual life and joy and beauty, but round about him there is the atmosphere of the Divine love, and that love resists all evil, being as a consuming fire, keeping back from contact with the trusting soul everything that would destroy its purity and blast its blessedness. The love of God is a perfect protection to every Christian believer; with it around us we can walk with untrembling tread, knowing that no "weapon formed against us can prosper," (Great Thoughts.) Parallel Verses KJV: The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.WEB: Yahweh is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knows those who take refuge in him. |
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