Everything seems to be in crisis. We hear daily of natural disasters, wars, environmental calamity, industrial accidents, and political uncertainty. And more, we may be anxious about degradation in civil life, in law and order, and about the loss of Christian heritage and faith, and the sidelining and decline of the church. We may face the crisis closer to home in death, sin and spiritual attack. Is everything falling apart?
The Psalmist compares these tumults and troubles to the crashing ocean. But in the face of it he sang, “The LORD is King; He is robed with majesty… He has established the world; it shall never be moved.” Jesus said of the Church that He builds, that the gates of hell would not prevail against it. There is a deep security known by faith, and only by faith – never by sight.
That security is the security of God’s covenant. From the beginning of creation, the work of God the Father has been to invite us into the deepest friendship with Himself through His beloved Son, Jesus Christ. At the end of this creation’s history, as the new history of the renewed creation begins, God will say emphatically: “It is done!” He will dwell with us, and be our God and we will be His people. None of the angry reactions in history will have thwarted the covenant of God.
As we face the difficulties and stresses of life in this world, it is the security of covenant that keeps us and guides us, saving us with joy from the madness of hopelessness and giving us courage instead of despair.
(NEW CREATION TEACHING MINISTRY)