“What’s going on in our world? Who is doing this to us?” Such questions swirl around like the wind as the stock market bounces up and down. People asked the same kind of questions during the Great Depression (1934), after Pearl Harbor (1941), or when the Twin Towers went down (2001). This raging Covid-19 virus has all but shut down our country.
What makes our world unstable? Perhaps we should look to see what we’re doing to make it this way. People have always sought less troubled times. When peace finally comes, or life is more prosperous, or medicine brings a disease under control, then we feel better. We want life to be dependable, more predictable and safer.
King David’s reign gave people reason for hope because he sought God’s will, despite his sins and the rebellion of his son. His son Solomon’s reign brought prosperity and peace, but that ended when his government disrespected God. The people then may have asked, “What’s going on in our world? Who is doing this to us?”
We must never trust in human rules and traditions alone. “Put not your trust in princes, in a son of man in whom there is no salvation,” says Psalm 143:3. Peace and prosperity may occur for a time, but sinful ways always bring back instability.
Rather, we should, “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and don’t depend only on what you know. In all your ways acknowledge Him and He will direct your paths.” (Proverbs 3:5-6)
Lord Jesus, direct us in life, take away this disease, and give us Your peace.
Rev. Robert L. Tasler, www.bobtasler.com
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