Not a Surge of Worry

Not a Surge of Worry

“See that you are not alarmed, for this must take place, but the end is not yet.” (Matthew 24:6)
 
I often wonder when I sing “Like a River Glorious,” if Miss Havergal, who wrote the words, ever listened to four children, full of health and vigor, as they rose from the table and prepared to leave for school.  She says,

Not a surge of worry,
Not a shade of care,
Not a blast of hurry,
Touch the spirit there.

I am afraid that there are times when we have “a blast of hurry” in our household.  We manage well with the worry and the care, for we have long since learned that if we are worrying we are not trusting, and that if we are trusting, we are not worrying.  You cannot have a cup of water and a cup of milk in the same cup at the same time.  Nor can you have a heart that is resting in Christ that is filled with care.  This covers all of the events in the life of the home: sickness, trouble, death, money, discipline, or whatever may be the emergency that may arise.  He is faithful to His promise and supplies the strength, meets the need, comforts the heart, and keeps us looking to Himself… the Lord is faithful and able, and He will continually keep us.  This is the walk of the life that is lived by the faith of the Son of God.

I sit at my desk for a quick glance at the newspaper, and just here I must commit myself to the Lord - I must know the Lord in my heart as I read the paper of these days.  Look at those black headlines.  What city is being bombed today?  What dictator is destroying more of the liberties of God’s dear children?  What new persecution is breaking out against the Chosen People?  What preacher is making a scandalous utterance in denial of the faith?  And in communion with my Lord I hear Him say, as I read the newspaper, “See that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass” (Matthew 24:6 KJV).  Does this seem impossible?  It is the Lord Who has spoken it.   Do not forget that the first half of that verse is, “Ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars.”  It is of this that He says, “See that ye be not troubled.”