Matt 7:13 (KJV) Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide [is] the gate, and broad [is] the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: {strait: or, narrow} 14 Because strait [is] the gate, and narrow [is] the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. {Because: or, How}
Hebr 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> ["exiles"-RSV] on the earth. {in faith: Gr. according to faith} 1Pet 2:11 Dearly beloved, I beseech [you] as strangers ["aliens"-RSV] and pilgrims ["exiles"-RSV], abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
Are we who are His dear ones subject to the storms of life? Yes, for so was He. Did His disciples suffer from the storms of hatred and persecution? Yes, and some even yielded up their lives. There is no evading the storms of life. "All they that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution", and the clouds grow heavier as the tribulation days confront us. But He is "A Refuge From The Storm" and a very present Help in times of trouble. He cannot fail. We could never fully realize the value of His presence, or of His love and power, were it not for the storms of life.
Thou, Who art our sure Refuge, help us to flee to Thee in every storm of life. Amen.
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