Think a minute…”Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” We are facing the most challenging time in human history. Our world population has exploded to nearly 8 billion people! With far more people on the planet, we are running out of clean air and clean water. We have new extreme weather patterns and problems which humankind has never before faced. We are trying to survive more killer tsunamis, earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, droughts, volcano eruptions, and other natural disasters than any generation in history.
We have suffered the worldwide pandemic of COVID-19 that has taken multitudes of lives and livelihoods—which adds further hardship to millions now either unemployed or battling rising inflation, struggling to support and feed their families. The uncertain future of our infected world has filled countless adults and children with fear, stress, and hopelessness.
AIDS-related deaths have reached nearly 35 million people—and there is still no cure. In Africa, entire towns have only children left living in them because all the fathers and mothers are dead from AIDS.
The United Nations reports that we are now facing the worst world hunger in history. Every three seconds a child dies from hunger or lack of clean water. Add to all this our many wars and conflicts, threats and terror, violence, hate of anyone who disagrees with us, and rapidly declining freedoms. Our future is frightful.
We supposedly live in history’s most advanced and enlightened generation, with our knowledge of science and technology exploding faster than ever. It’s said that human knowledge doubles every 12 hours! Yet, mankind still cannot solve our most basic problem. It’s a humbling, embarrassing fact: “The human race has improved everything except the human race.”
All this bad news, including the fact of our dishonest and immoral human hearts everywhere, makes us fearful about our future. We wonder if there is any place in this world that is truly secure, happy and hopeful? Yes, just one: in the hands of the only One Who controls the future. As the song says: “I know Who holds the future, and I know He holds my hand.” If you put your heart and life in Jesus’s hands, you will be in the safest, most peaceful and joyful place in the world. Why risk another day? Won’t you ask Him to forgive you for your wrong heart and way of living? Then sincerely ask Him to take charge of every area of your life? If you do, you will never again need to fear anything. He is the only One Who can help you rise to every challenge you face, both in your heart and out in the world. Just think a minute…