Job's nest was very comfortable and appeared to be very secure. It was on high, and not to be easily reached. He knew that death could reach it, but he thought that nothing else would disturb it.
His conduct was consistent,
his conscience was quiet,
God was his Father, and
providence was his friend.
"I thought: Surely I shall die in my nest!"
But alas! Suddenly a 'storm' arose, the nest was destroyed, and the poor bird lay bleeding and exposed!
No earthly nest is out of danger! Temporal comforts are only lent to us. The higher the tree in which we build, the more exposed we are to the whirlwind and the storm!
Here on earth, we have no continuing city.
In one moment, our fine nest may be devastated! Let us therefore endeavor to leave our matters fully with the Lord and learn to be content with His appointments.
We must die! But when, and where, and how--should be left with the Lord.
Five minutes after death, it will matter very little whether we died on a bed of down, in a luxurious mansion, and surrounded by kind friends OR as a poor diseased beggar, dying alone in squalor!
Present comforts may all leave us, and our soft nest may be scattered to the winds, but nothing can disturb our salvation and future glory!
[James Smith]
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Job 29:18 ... Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.
Hebrews 11:13 ...These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
Hebrews 11:16 ... But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city. ❤
