Arnold Toynbee, a late British historian gave a slogan to the world one day by saying: “Cling, and hope.” In other words, he says the storm is raging. All the ideas that we held a few years ago are crumbling, but he advised the human race to cling and hope.
However, there are millions of people who day by day find refuge from the storms of life by their living faith in a living God. To turn to God in an hour such as this in the history of the world is much more than a form of escapism. Multiplied thousands of normal, intelligent people have tried and proved that a vital relationship with Christ is the most satisfying experience in the entire world. They have found that faith in Christ is more than adequate for the pressures of this hour.
But there are also millions of people who read these kinds of lines whom are held in the viselike grip of sin’s confusion. The despair of loneliness has settled down upon their soul, and at this very moment they are asking the question: “Is life worth living?” Sometimes I know this feeling too. But God did not create us to be defeated, discouraged, frustrated wandering souls, seeking in vain for peace of heart and peace of mind. He has bigger plans for us. The answer to our problem, however great, is as near as the Bible, as simple as first grade mathematics, and as real as one’s heartbeat.
Romans 8:37 says: “In all these things we are more than conquerors through Him that loved us.” The Bible also teaches us in 1 John 5:4 – “Whatsoever is born of God over-cometh the world: and this is the victory that over-cometh the world, even our faith”
We have the authority in God’s Word to declare that Christ is the answer to every baffling perplexity which plagues mankind. In Him is found the cure for care, a balm for bereavement, a healing for our hurts, and a sufficiency for our insufficiency.
(7 February 2024)