What in the World is Going On?
The Psalmist was confused when his eyes were focused upon the evils in this world. Everything appeared to be out of control. It seemed to him that the wicked had the upper end and the righteous were losers in every count. When he drew nigh to God, he then understood. His eyes had shifted off his surroundings and upon God! Frustration ends when faith begins! “Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.” – Psalm 73:17
I read a story where a father was reading the paper and came across a map of the world. He cut the map into several pieces and told his son to put the world back together. The boy worked on it a short while and called his dad over to tell him that he had finished the project. His father asked him how he had completed it so quickly? The son said that he turned the pieces over and found that they formed the picture of a man. He put the picture of the man together and the world came together right.
I look at this evil, out of control world, and am distressed and confused. I see evil triumphant and justice never being served against the workers of iniquity. The wicked seem to be prospering and the righteous are suffering. I scratch my head and wonder what is the use in serving God? I see the severed pieces of a sin sickened world. I then turn the pieces over. My confused mind is made clear and my saddened heart is made joyful by what I then see. I now see the pieces coming together for I see, in my opened Bible before me, a Sovereign God in full control of this world. His Word assures me that He will straighten this mess out in His own time!
The puzzle of this severed world is reassembled in the mind of those whose hearts have been reassembled into a new heart by the redeeming grace of God. Faith understands that there is a blessed backside to the puzzle of life. Seeing Christ is the cure for confusion and the stimulus for endurance. “By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.” – Hebrews 11:27
Chuck Peters – 8/10/2023
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