Fri.-Sabbath, 6/5-7/15 Devotion

Yippee—it is almost Sunday! We *get* to go back to church again. In order to help us get ready, here is Thomas Watson, from his "A Picture of a Godly Man" book. . . .

"The test of a pilot [sea captain] is seen in a storm; so the test of a Christian is seen in affliction. That man has the right art of navigation who, when the boisterous winds blow from heaven, steers the ship of his soul wisely, and does not dash upon the rock of impatience. A Christian should always main-tain decorum, not behaving himself in an unseemly manner or disguising him-self with intemperate passion when the hand of God lies upon him. Patience adorns suffering. Affliction in Scripture is compared to a net: 'You brought us into the net,' (Psa. 66:11). Some have escaped the devil's net, yet the Lord allows them to be taken in the net of affliction. But they must not be 'as a wild bull in a net,' (Isa. 51:20), kicking and flinging against their Maker, but lie pa-tiently till God breaks the net and makes a way for their escape."