A MISTAKE DAVID MADE.<\/p>\n
"And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest"<\/p>\n
Psa_55:6.<\/p>\n
Introduction.<\/p>\n
1. And we, too, have often said the same.<\/p>\n
2. David was but human, and often made mistakes. The mistakes were not inspired of God, though he recorded them by inspiration of God.<\/p>\n
3. We have often thought that the mistakes of Bible characters would form a fruitful series of studies.<\/p>\n
4. For we also make the same mistakes.<\/p>\n
5. The mistake of the thought underlying this expression is that<\/p>\n
I. Rest is to be found in a place, whereas rest is found in a state, or better still, in a Person. Rest is not found in a change of locality, but in a change of state. Yea, further, rest is found in a Person-in the Lord, Jesus (Joh_16:32-33), who changes our heart, and life, and mind.<\/p>\n
II. Rest is found in sorrow, and not in exemption from sorrow. The world can only think of rest by removal of sorrow; Christ promises real rest in sorrow.<\/p>\n
The greatest sorrow in life for beings like ourselves would be to have no sorrow.<\/p>\n
One has said: "David should have prayed for the strength of an ox to bear his troubles, not for the wings of a dove to fly away from them."<\/p>\n
III. Rest is found not by two wings, but by six. We do not belong to the two-winged order. To what order do we belong? The six-winged: "Each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly" (Isa_6:2). Service should only take a third of our energy. Six wings- two for adoring wonder, two for humility, two for service.<\/p>\n
Autor: James Smith<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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