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Daily Devotionals
Our Daily Homily - Volume 2
Psalms 148:3—Stormy wind fulfilling his word.
As it rushes through the forest, the hurricane tears down the rotten branches, and makes way for the new shoots of the spring; and as it searches out the intricacies of the crowded alleys and courts it bears away the fever germs, and changes the atmosphere. Do not dread it, if you meet it rushing across the ocean and churning up the mighty billows on its way; know it to be your Fathers strong servant, intent on fulfilling some errand on which it has been sent.
Stormy winds not unseldom invade our lives. All had been so fair and blessed with us. The south wind, blowing softly, had led us to suppose that we might make for another harbor. But not long afterwards the tempestuous Euroclydon beat down on us, bearing us far out of our course, and threatening us with destruction. But even under those circumstances, dare to trust. That stormy wind cannot separate you from God; for through its mad fury his angels will visit you, his care will surround you, his purpose will be fulfilled of bearing you onward, am the Apostle was borne toward Rome, with its opportunities of witness-bearing (Acts 27:1-44).
The great matter to remember is to run before the wind. Let its course be yours. Yield your will to God’s will; and even though it bears you far out of your course, dare to believe that it is the quickest and beat way of attaining the harbor which God has prepared. There is nothing terrible in fire, or hail, or stormy wind, when we see God behind them.
"O man! hold thee on in courage of soul
Through the stormy shades of thy worldly way,
And the billows of aloud that around thee roll
Shall sleep in the light of a wondrous day!"
