They contemplate: Wherever I go after death, there should be a lot of people there. The unsaved look around them, and surmise that billions of others appear to be in the same boat. Most believers have family or friends who haven’t fully grasped that they must make a personal decision for Jesus Christ (John 3:16). In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight” (Proverbs 3:5-6, NASB). The difference is that believers know that our Great God and Savior is sovereignly spinning the world under his control.Īnd so, while we wait patiently and watch eagerly for the resurrection of the dead in Christ and their tremendous transformation into eternal spiritual bodies (along with believers still alive) at the Rapture, we continue to rely on the truth of such passages as: “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and do not lean on your own understanding. The whole world seems to be spiraling out of control. A Planet engulfed in pride, greed, immorality, corruption, crime, violence, rebellion, poverty, famine, disease, natural disasters, and (often untimely) death. However, believers realize that we live in a fallen world. Trials and heartaches reach the saved and the unsaved alike. Why now?” Or, “How much longer will this go on?” And, of course, “When it rains it pours!”

Especially at the wrong time, which is pretty much every time! That’s not to say believers don’t sometimes ask the same probing questions posed by unbelievers when things go terribly wrong. We who have been given new and everlasting life in Christ Jesus, “Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good! His faithful love endures forever” (Psalm 136:1). This powerful and precious promise (and many others like it) is available only to those who have accepted Messiah Jesus as personal Savior. “And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them” (Romans 8:28).

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