Be still and know that I
am God.
-Psalm 46:10
Two prospectors went to a
desert in search for a gold. They carefully noted every landmark, because to be
lost could mean certain death. One night a great storm drove them into a cave,
and from there they watched the lightning flash. Soon the rain began to pour
and floodwaters gushed across the desert, ripping up cacti and completely
changing the terrain.
One of the prospectors
cried out in panic, “All the landmarks are swept away and we are lost!” But the
other man calmly said, “Wait! Soon the storm clouds will be gone, and we will
see the sky.” Sure enough, the clouds rolled back and when the two old
prospectors saw the stars, they found their bearings.
The prospectors have faded
into history, but the panic that one feels when the landmarks are swept away is
still in the hearts of many people today. People see the landscape of humanity
destroyed and are quick to panic. As the prospectors had to wait and look up,
so the solution to your concern lies in looking upward.
Two things give me peace
amidst the storms of life. One is by looking at the stars in the heavens, I
realize that the God who placed them above, eons of years ago, is the same
today. Second, by remembering the ruins of ancient civilizations, I realize
that the problems confronting me are not here to stay. They are merely part of
the challenge of life, and they, like the civilizations of the past, will not
be with me forever.
It is by looking upward
that gives us our bearing when the circumstances of life are chaotic. There is
the anchor of a loving God who never changes. He speaks to our hearts today
amidst the thunder and roar of life.
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