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Discover Real Life on Friday, September 26, 2008 10:51:00 PM
"Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of LORD our God" (Psalm 20:7).
"Some trust" in that which is seen, putting their hope merely in the physical -- the stock market, jobs, health, humanity -- but we, who know the LORD, trust in Him who is unseen, and ever faithful to help in our time of need.
In an earlier year, in a personal writing, I wrote that
"these are tumultuous times we live in today...."
If back then those were "tumultuous times," today, even more so. Natural disasters, economic failures, wars and rumors of wars, famines...., are seemingly on the increase. "Oh, where is God in all this?" some may ask.
Let me assure you, God is where He has always been:
on His throne and still in charge of it all. We who personally know Him, through faith in the Lord Jesus, the Christ (Messiah), we know that He is in our lives
caring for our every need. That trust involves a turning away from our own desires and plans, and a turning to what God desires for us.
He has a "better idea" for our lives than what we can ever dream up for ourselves. He will never fail. In Him we are secure. We need not be scared -- no need to fear of crashing stock markets, etc. He cares for us all, more than we'll ever know. Those who put their trust in Him have a
peace that the world cannot take away.
"So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal" (2 Corinthians 4:18).
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