the Fourth Week after Easter
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Daily Devotionals
John Gossner's Treasury
Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Psalms 46:2-3. What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him? Matthew 8:27.
The depravity of this world is great everywhere. The world lieth in wickedness. The pious have at all times compared our life in this world with a dangerous voyage. There the winds must blow and the storms rage, otherwise the ship can not reach port. But in all storms and dangers the true Christian does not fear any more than the holy Psalmist feared when he sang this psalm. Let the sea of this life run high and roar as much as it will: he who has the right Pilot with him in the ship, in his heart, sails securely and without danger, and reaches unharmed the haven of rest. Yea, he who has the Lord with him does not tremble even if the world seems to perish and the mountains threaten to fall apart; for He who is with him is stronger than the mountains and the sea. He is the Lord of the universe. He can set bounds to everything.
Commit thou all thy griefs
And ways into His hands,
To His sure truth and tender care,
Who earth and heaven commands:
Who points the clouds their course.
Whom winds and seas obey,
He shall direct thy wandering feet,
He shall prepare thy way.
