The Secret
of Life at the Limits
For some time now the use of the word uncertainty has been
used as the cause and effect of economic, social, and moral breakdown of people
and cultures. The effort to stay in
control of things becomes more difficult all the time. For hundreds of millennia in the prehistoric
past, individuals defended their own land and built their own shelters. Communities were far apart; tragic events
affected relatively few people. Today, people
living close together in complex social networks become victim to the stress
filled, hate empowered binges of mindless acts
of futility and the value of life
and morality denigrate into the mire of stagnation.
Into this ever increasing darkness God is raising up a
people. A people who are prepared to
stabilize the environment and reveal that there is one true constant in the
midst of global uncertainty. They are a
people with steel in their backbone and iron in their souls. They know their purpose; they increase their
productivity and are sustained by the power that issues forth from the core of
their being. You can recognize these people
by the lives they live and the belief system they live by. Broken and undone by the very presence of a
Holy God these people of weakness are those whose lives are no longer their
own, their profession is, “I have been
crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I
live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave
himself for me”.
They
are weak and make mistakes but this same Holy God has equipped them with wisdom
to arrest their frailty use it for good and allow circumstances to blossom into
goodness.
When moment by moment the natural life of men and nations
seem to be reaching limits of imminent danger and catastrophe the presence of
this Holy God stays the hand of man because He and He alone holds the keys of
time and testing. Make no mistake about
this God is Sovereign ruler of earth and is fulfilling His purpose in the earth
today. Not a second early or a moment
too late…His timing is perfect! His people have learned to live in uncertainty—they gladly bow the knee to His higher way in every situation and in doing so remain calmly focused on the goal of life and God’s purpose for every man. “To worship God and serve Him only”
