Job 5:26b “… like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.”
The tenure/life of old wooden vessels were contributed not only to the age of the wood, but as important is the straining and wrenching of the vessel by the sea. This caused a chemical reaction within the wood that hardened the wood; creating ships that have endured sailing for over a hundred years. There’s often a vast difference between the strength of a character that’s lived in self-indulgence and the spiritual fiber of those whose life has sailed rougher seas, and endured straining and wrenching by carrying the Lord’s cargo and being helpers of men. This is a beautiful comparison, meaning the Lord will not allow His righteous to sink until the fruit/crop is ripened in their life. Just as grain isn’t cut down when it’s green, it endures until fully ripe, like Job.
Smooth seas never make for a skilled sailor or hardened ship… HSAY
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