7월 6일 스펄전 아침묵상 “오직 나를 듣는 자는 안연히 살며 재앙의 두려움이 없이 평안하리라.” [잠언 1장33절]
July 6 "Whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil" (Proverbs 1: 33). The Israelites provoked the Most High by their continued idolatry. He punished them by withholding both dew and rain, so that their land was visited by a sore famine. But while He did this, He took care that His own chosen ones would be secure. If all other brooks are dry, yet there will be one reserved for Elijah. When that fails, God will still preserve for him a place of sustenance. The Lord had not simply one Elijah, but He had a remnant who were hidden by fifties in a cave. Though the whole land was subject to famine, yet these fifties in the cave were fed from Ahab's table by the faithful, God-fearing steward, Obadiah. Let us draw from this the inference that, come what may, God's people are safe. Let convulsions shake the solid earth, and let the skies themselves be rent in two. ...