Midsummer day is here, writes Bert Cargill of St Monans Gospel Hall, in fact it was yesterday. The sun will be at its highest overhead, and the hours of daylight will be at their longest for another year.
For us in Fife there is very little real darkness overnight just now, and the farther north you go the less darkness there is. Within the Arctic Circle the sun does not dip below the northern horizon for a few weeks, and it seems that day never ends. Of course, in midwinter it’s a different story! Don’t think we’d like 24-hour darkness, and cold too! So make the most of these evenings when daylight stretches on until after 10 p.m., or these bright mornings if you get up with the lark. Each day is important, use it well.
The Bible speaks about days, but it’s not always 24-hour days, it’s rather a period of time. We live now in the 'day of grace' when God holds out to everyone His offer of free salvation by faith in Jesus Christ. There will also be a day of judgment, when 'every one of us will give account of himself to God,' Romans 14:12. It has not arrived yet.
When we see so many wicked things happening in many parts of the world - exploitation, corruption, deception, destruction, wars and such like, sometimes we wonder why God does not stop it all and bring on the day of judgment. The Bible explains it is because 'God is longsuffering, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance,' 2 Peter 3:9.
The 'day of grace' has lasted for over 2000 years! But 'now is the day of salvation,' 2 Corinthians 6:2. Make sure you don’t miss salvation during this long day of God’s grace!
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