Even in America! Even where we believed, “It can’t happen here,” the old sense of peace and security is disappearing rapidly. The recent Olympic Games claimed to be “the safest place on earth.” There were 30,000 highly trained security people present. It was not enough.
We look at the daily news: “Schools add metal detectors.” “State troopers to patrol crime-ridden city.” “Tight security to slow down airport traffic.” And we wonder—and worry.
There is a flash—a crash—a great airliner is down in the sea. The first automatic question in every mind: “Was it a bomb?”
It was a terrible, terrible tragedy, but out of all the grief and pain there came one shining statement. One father, losing his daughter and son-in-law, could still say that his comfort was in knowing that they were in heaven. He said, “We woke up to a sunrise, but they woke up to a sunrise many times more glorious. We know where they are, and we will see them again.”
What a comfort to that family! Could those who love you say the same? Should you fall victim to the senseless destruction that has claimed so many lives, would your family be able to say certainly, “We will see them again”?
And would you be sure, if your life on earth ended suddenly, without warning, that there is a better life ahead? Do you know that if you are “absent from the body” you will be “present with the Lord” (2 Corinthians 5:8)? “In Thy presence is fullness of joy” (Psalm 16:1111Thou wilt show me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore. (Psalm 16:11)), and you can be sure that you will be there. He promised absolutely that “he that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life.” And just as positively: “If thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised Him from the dead, thou shalt be saved” (Romans 10:99That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. (Romans 10:9)).
We cannot stop all the terror on earth until the Lord Jesus returns, but there is a shelter for you personally and for all who will accept the Lord Jesus Christ. Isn’t that wonderful?
“Safety is of the Lord.”