Read: Isaiah 46:5-13
I have spoken it; I will also bring it to pass. I have purposed it; I will also do it. - Isaiah 46:11
in 1854 the Russian poet and diplomat Fyodor Tiutchev described the frightening world conditions as he saw them then. in a letter to his wife he wrote, "What is bewildering is the conviction-and it is becoming more and more general-that in all the perils that confront us, the direction of affairs is given over to a way of thinking that has no longer any understanding of itself. It is like being in a carriage, descending an increasingly precipitous slope, and suddenly realizing that there is no coachman in the box."
The world does seem to be travelling in a runaway vehicle, hurtling wildly through the dark night toward terrible destruction. Racial tensions, religious conflicts, new diseases and continued fighting could cause us to feel as if the world is reeling wildly out of control.
But the Christian views this frightening scene differently. We believe that even though Satan is called the ruler of this age, God is in ultimate control. We have confidence in Isaiah's promise tat what God has spoken will come to pass. God "works all things according to the counsel of His will" (Eph.1:11). His hand "is stretched out over all the nations," wrote Isaiah, and "who will turn it back?" (Isa.14:26-27). In the midst of turmoil we have hope. - Dave Egner
Earth Changes, But Thy Soul And God Stand Sure.
I have spoken it; I will also bring it to pass. I have purposed it; I will also do it. - Isaiah 46:11
in 1854 the Russian poet and diplomat Fyodor Tiutchev described the frightening world conditions as he saw them then. in a letter to his wife he wrote, "What is bewildering is the conviction-and it is becoming more and more general-that in all the perils that confront us, the direction of affairs is given over to a way of thinking that has no longer any understanding of itself. It is like being in a carriage, descending an increasingly precipitous slope, and suddenly realizing that there is no coachman in the box."
The world does seem to be travelling in a runaway vehicle, hurtling wildly through the dark night toward terrible destruction. Racial tensions, religious conflicts, new diseases and continued fighting could cause us to feel as if the world is reeling wildly out of control.
But the Christian views this frightening scene differently. We believe that even though Satan is called the ruler of this age, God is in ultimate control. We have confidence in Isaiah's promise tat what God has spoken will come to pass. God "works all things according to the counsel of His will" (Eph.1:11). His hand "is stretched out over all the nations," wrote Isaiah, and "who will turn it back?" (Isa.14:26-27). In the midst of turmoil we have hope. - Dave Egner
Have faith where'er thy bark is driven
The calm's disport, the tempest's mirth,
Know this! God rules the host of heaven,
The inhabitants of earth. - Schiller
Earth Changes, But Thy Soul And God Stand Sure.
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