“Oh, God! If there be a God, reveal Thyself to me!” It was a cry out of the darkness into which doubt and unbelief had plunged an atheist. He had written a book to try to convince a friend of the foolishness of believing in Christianity. Before sending it to press he sat down to read the manuscript for the last time. Having read it, he asked himself: “If I were a believer in Christ, would these arguments upset my faith?” He answered himself honestly: “No, they would not!”
Throwing himself on his knees, he cried to God, “God, if there be a God, reveal Thyself to me!”
God heard; God answered, we know not how, but he rose from his knees a changed man. Instead of publishing his book, the man was converted to the faith he had tried to destroy. Not only so, but he went out into the world to tell others of the grace of that Saviour-God who had met him and blessed him with the knowledge of Himself. “And this is life eternal, that they might know Thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom Thou hast sent” (John 17:33And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent. (John 17:3)).
Have you made the acquaintance of God? Are you at peace? If still in darkness, Jesus says, “I am the light of the world.” Do you say, “How can I find Him—the light?” He also says, “Come unto Me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest” (Matthew 11:2828Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. (Matthew 11:28)).
That peace, that rest—they are beyond price. Neither you nor I could ever buy them. The One who gives this peaceful rest bought it. No words can tell what it cost Him, for He “made peace through the blood of His cross.” “He laid down His life for us” is the way God tells us the depth of that love.