Job 37:21 And now men see not the bright light which is in the clouds: but the wind passes, and cleans them. These words illustrate — I. THAT DARK SEASON WHEN CLOUDS OF UNFORGIVEN GUILT OVERHANG AND OPPRESS THE SOUL. Like those dense clouds which, long gathering, thicken into a distinct and compact mass so is the huge guilt of the sinner who is alienate from God. As thick clouds conceal the sun, and obstruct the light of day, so this accumulated guilt hides from the wretched sinner all light of the favour of God. II. THOSE DARK AND SORROWFUL SEASONS THAT SOMETIMES OCCUR IN THE CHRISTIAN'S CAREER. There are seasons and days when the light of the Lord is withheld, and he must walk on, and work in the darkness. Yet never is his darkness altogether dark. At such times there is no change in God, no withdrawment of Christ. The sun all the while is in his proper place in the heavens. III. THE CLOUDY SEASONS OF ADVERSITY AND AFFLICTION. It is part of the method of Divine procedure in the education of the human race, and for the development of the higher faculties of our nature, to subject us to suffering. Our lives would become hard and unlovely were it not for the soft sorrows that fall on us, the trials that beat on us, and the clouds that drench us. But whatever the sorrows that overtake us, when they have accomplished their mission they pass away. (W. T. Bull, B. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: And now men see not the bright light which is in the clouds: but the wind passeth, and cleanseth them.WEB: Now men don't see the light which is bright in the skies, but the wind passes, and clears them. |
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