Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we could just ask God to heal us each and every time we were sick? Even better, wouldn’t it be fantastic if there was no illness, no sorrow, no death?
Sadly, that isn’t the case right now. We have all sorts of grief and calamities to beset us throughout life.
Some people blame God when things aren’t going exactly as they wish. They never look to see that the root of the problem is in themselves and throughout mankind.
God made us perfect. He gave us a beautiful garden to live in. He gave us dominion over the entire planet. We were to be caretakers. We were to multiply and live in peace with ourselves and with all of God’s creation. He gave us just one rule. Don’t eat of the fruit of one tree. The rest of creation was available to us, but not that one tree.
Of course, it didn’t take long before mankind broke that rule. Since then, mankind has broken every single rule God has ever told us to follow.
There’s something about the human heart that wants what it does not have. It seems that we covet what is there for the taking even if we hurt everyone and everything to get it.
We see this happening every single day. People are banding together to hurt one another and to either take or destroy the things that belong to others.
They are deciding who is worthy to live, based on their own criteria. You may be deemed unworthy based on your political beliefs, your skin color, your economic status, or even your religious beliefs. It can even be as simple as being in the wrong place at the wrong time.
It feels as if the creation is going crazy. They make excuses but, at the heart of it, it is evil. Hurting others and destroying are not things that God wants from his children. He wants us to love one another.
Satan is at the root of death and destruction. Those who are involved in what is going on are doing so at the behest of their heart’s master. Either God is your Lord or you have accepted Satan to serve. It is either one or the other.
It has gotten so bad and has such an effect on me, I have had to stop watching or reading the news. It has become a physical illness and I need to step back and know that God is in control.
Spending my time watching the evil unfold will not change anything. A better use of my time is to spend that time in prayer, asking God to save mankind from the evil that is all around us and within us.
I know, however, there is coming a day when mankind does attempt to destroy one another. If God doesn’t step in to stop it, we would do so.
I am beginning to wonder if this is the beginning of that time in mankind’s history.
While it is sad to see, I know that at the end of it, heaven awaits for those who follow Jesus and have accepted his sacrificial gift of forgiveness.
When that time arrives, the heavens and earth will be remade and, once again, it will be perfect. There will be no more sickness, no more death, no more pain, and no more sorrow.
Living through the terrible days that lead up to that time is a small price to pay. Having to make sacrifices and even give one’s life is something to glory in rather than to cry about. God sees us, he knows what we are going through. For those who have accepted Jesus, God is now their father.
He wants only good for us and, when we suffer for the sake of his name, the rewards we receive in heaven will be overwhelming. It is for us to look to the future, knowing the present is just a moment in time. The future is eternity and eternity will be beautiful.
I’m looking forward to that time and hope that more and more people will accept Jesus and join me in heaven for eternity.
Revelation 21: 1-4
Then I saw “a new heaven and a new earth,” for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea.
I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband.
And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Look! God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God.
‘He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death’ or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.”