SAND ON THE SEASHORE
The pictures of the many towns along the British coast are etched in our mind of the sheer power of the sea. It is frighteningly awesome. A powerful energy that is attractive and devastating, which breaks into pieces anything that stands in its way. Does this prove that nothing is more powerful than the sea?
JEREMIAH 5
“Should you not tremble in my presence? I made the sand a boundary for the sea, an everlasting barrier it cannot cross. The waves may roll, but they cannot prevail; they may roar, but they cannot cross it, v22.
The sea, symbolically known throughout the Bible as something to be feared is seen as under the command of Gods laws and subject to the sand.
What do you fear? Is it the sea?
Are you being knocked about? Are the attacks coming like wave after wave crashing in on you? Is your circumstance speaking louder than you can think?
There is an unfailing boundary which commands the wind and waves no more. The sea may rise and shout but the sand resists its pressure.
What is this powerful sand?
A recent newspaper article stated: “Viewed at a magnification of over 250 times real life, tiny grains of sand are shown to be delicate, colourful structures as unique as snowflakes. When seen well beyond the limits of human eyesight, the miniature particles are exposed as fragments of crystals, spiral fragments of shells and crumbs of volcanic rock.”
So what can we learn?
Do not fear the loudest noise or the biggest scenario. Fear Him who made sand with its complexities and smallness which can resist the roar. Trust is small yet more powerful.
One UKIP this last week wrote to the Prime Minister to suggest the reason the sea broke through the defences was because of certain new laws of the government. Britain is under God’s judgment. Whether that is true or not, what is true is if we do not trust God then maybe He will make sure we begin to do so.
Missions Paul 