Job 18:14. “His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors.”
KING OF TERRORS. Before him we tremble even at the time of birth Anxious minutes pass as the watching and waiting grows more intense Minutes turn to hours and the dark king hovers as pain increases Then amidst the sounds of pain and anxiety – the sound of new life And the king of terrors leaves the room.
Laughter and the other sounds of children playing Sound around the home, the fields, the places of exploration And he sits silently waiting for his time to act But there, quietly guarding the children, are the unseen ones And the king of terrors waits for another time.
The busy pursuit of industry and pleasure fill the days The unceasing sounds of life continue relentlessly Unseen they do their work with only an occasional minor slip Until as age increases, a glitch occurs and panic rises And the king of terrors rises from his seat.
The urgency passes and complacency sets in But the king of terrors no longer rests unnoticed Each day brings a renewed sense of mortality And shows itself in lines, a bowed back and changing colors And the king of terrors bides his time nearby.
Then unseen, the breakdown occurs within the frame Perhaps the wheels are rolling without in undue haste The appointed time draws near on the calendar of life’s events The moment arrives, and the three that together for years have formed the one – separate And the king of terrors claims the wages of sin.
But wait! What is this? There in the nearing future! Another King waits to do His mighty work! He defeated the king of terrors once – won a mighty victory! Early one morning He came out from among the dead! The same One who will destroy the king of terrors – for ever!
“The implacable enemy waits, Lord God: I don’t know just where or how he will seek to claim me. But I know my times are in Thy hands. And I leave them there in confidence, knowing without question – the will of the Lord will be done in spite of the king of terrors. Amen.”