Our World Is in Trouble

We aren't playing at our best these days.  People in whom we should be able to trust are lying to us.

Officials we elect to high public office appear to change courses in mid stream and go against what they promised.

The words “honor” and “trustworthy” have apparently lost their significance in some leadership circles.

Some of our leaders have an apparent blatant disregard for the laws of the land and bend and twist them to their own liking, and we don’t see much recrimination for those breaches of trust.

Our world is in trouble.

Twenty-one Egyptian Christians are abducted and beheaded.  And there are verifiable reports of other such slayings.

The threat of some kind of viral epidemic is ever present.

There is a constant threat of invasion by one or more enemies.

We are faced with school shootings, shopping mall massacres, and the loss of basic rights as citizens of a democratic society.

Our world is in trouble.

The mention of God is absent from our schools, and even prohibited on many fronts.

Public prayers are being silenced. 

Our world is in trouble.

What is a person to do?  Where do we turn to for help?

In John 16:33 we find this promise of hope. 

Christ is speaking.  “I have said it before ... and I’ll say it again so that you will have peace.  In this world you will have troubles.  Be encouraged.  In the end, I overcome the world.”

Christ himself wants to reassure us that He will ultimately win.  And along the way, we will experience His peace. 

And when the end comes … His words resound loud and clear.

I HAVE OVERCOME THE WORLD!

What a fine promise that is.

God sees our troubled world and He has a plan.

Take courage!

P Michael Biggs

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