During the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, a group of social analysts gazed 100 years into the future and tried to forecast what the world would be like in 1993. Some of their predictions were:
- Many people will live to be 150.
- The government will have grown more simple, as true greatness tends always toward simplicity.
- Prisons will decline, and divorce will be considered unnecessary.
They were wrong on all counts! So, what does the future really hold? Two things are certain: Circumstances will change; God will not.
We know these truths from observation. We see them throughout the Bible. Yet, we must prove them for ourselves when our life turns upside down and everything seems out of control.
We can give way to fear and panic, or we can choose to trust God's promise: "'The mountains shall depart and the hills be removed, but My kindness shall not depart from you, nor shall My covenant of peace be removed,' says the Lord, who has mercy on you" (Isa. 54:10).
Although circumstances will change, God will never change. We can be confident that He will always be faithful. Therefore, we can be at peace. — David C. McCasland
Be still my soul; the Lord is on thy side!
Bear patiently the cross of grief or pain;
Leave to thy God to order and provide;
In every change He faithful will remain. --von Schlegel
To know the faithfulness of god is to know the peace of god.