Where to look Rom 8:35-39 Lets see, what is the crisis of the - TopicsExpress

Where to look Rom 8:35-39 Lets see, what is the crisis of the day? It could be terrorism and its random treat. Or the economy and t5he fear that we will run out of money before we run out of time. Maybe it’s a personal crisis with no foreseeable solution—a tragedy or a failure too great to bear. Before we fall under the weight of our accumulated fears, we would do well to look back to a 20th century woman who bore sadness, pain, and heartache with grace. Corrie ten Boom lived through the hellish life of Nazi concentration camps—a place where hope was lost for most people. She survived to tell her story of unfaltering faith and tightfisted hope in God. She saw the face of evil up close and personal. She saw same of the most inhuman act man can do to man. And when she came out of it all, she said this: “if you look at the world you’ll be distressed. If you look within you’ll be depressed, but if you look at Christ you’ll be at rest.” Where are you looking? Are you focusing at the world and its dangers? Are you gazing at yourself, hoping to find your own answers? Or are you looking to Jesus the author and the finisher of your faith?(Heb 12:1-2). In an uncertain world, we must keep looking to Him. Looking to Jesus, my spirit is blest, The world is in turmoil, in Him I have rest; The sea of my life around me may roar, When I look to JESUS I hear it no more. When your world is falling apart, trust Jesus to hold it together.