Musick-al Note # 210
In a mad rush through life, most men have forgotten that this is God’s world, and try to run it as if it belonged to them. This is a restless age, and full of the spirit of revolt. Men and women do not know what they want. About all that they know is, that they are not satisfied with things as they are. These restless people need a program of life that will require them to stop at regular intervals, and rest in a quiet place where they can be with God for reflection and prayer. Many are living under clouds of despair, and do not know where to look for hope. They do not know that their souls refuse to rest in peace until they put their trust in God. Their souls suffer just as surely when it is deprived of God, as the body does when it is deprived of food. If a man gets everything else he wants, without satisfying his spiritual nature, he will still be like a fish out of water. Some of the unhappiest people we know are those who have achieved every earthly ambition and stopped with their soul famished.
A person is satisfied when harmony prevails between himself and his circumstances, when the outward conditions of life blend with the instincts and desires of the heart. While there is a continual collision between what a man has and what he wants, there will be dissatisfaction. Therefore one must either change his circumstances so they will suit him, or change himself to suit the circumstances, and the problem is best solved by doing a little of both. When one has succeeded in equalizing the internal demand with the external supply, he will be satisfied. Recognizing the longing of the soul to be at rest with God, one can change the desires of the mind and heart to meet and fulfill their spiritual need and so be at peace with himself. We often get the telescope of life turned the wrong way. We look in at the big end and out at the little end, and fail to see life in its true perspective. Life is not measured by the abundance of things possessed but by the use made of possessions. Things can never in and of themselves make a man nor the absence of them destroy true life Luke 12:15). How foolish then to waste all of life in the pursuit of things when they are not the measure of life. How much more secure are they who spend time in the pursuit of spiritual life to lay up treasures in heaven (Matthew 6:20).
Gordon Musick
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