Trusting God is far more than merely believing he exists.
I just this evening watched a Senate Session on CSPAN on the subject of delaying deciding on preemptive strikes against IRAQ. It was very interesting to see how lack of trust in God causes irrational fear that people will be willing to sacrafice all their wealth, their comforts, and even the lives of their children.
Without the belief that God exists and that spiritual forces exist there is hopelessness. The world without God is too dangerous to live. Without invisible forces at work to control the affairs of men and limit the forces of nature and the extent crimes men commit the world would have ended long ago. Man does not have the power to insure his own safety. We can give thanks to the angelic forces of God for the protection of fools and babys. I cannot count the number of miracles I have observed of babys and people acting foolishly in addictions and risky behaviors being saved and protected. Of course only believers can see miracles.
Unseen spirits are the reason why the worst never seems to happen. Why there always is a silver lining to every cloud. Trust in God is for certain the key to successful living.
Getting back to the Senate session. The old Democratic Senator Robert Byrd made a eloquent speech explaining the great sacrafice America is being asked to make in a attempt to eliminate all possible dangers from other countries. He explained explained expertly the serious implications of the US acting unilaterally against IRAQ and undertaking preemptive strikes against them.
The World image the US would create in the world would have serious repercussions for us. It would set a very poor example to the rest of the world that preemptive strikes against other countries are justifiable. If the US action against IRAQ is not backed by the rest of the world Saddam Hussein will appear justified in using weapons of mass destruction in self defense. It becomes a no win situation.
He clearly pointed out that there is no greater iminent danger now than at other times in the past. In effect he was saying that world opinion is a far more effective weapon than military action. The enormous price the President on behalf of the country is willing to pay is futile as it is unconscionably expensive financially. Beginning figures for initial short term war is 200 billion dollars even befor speaking of aftermath costs. While merely 9 Billion would meet all our Internal
Budget requirements..
Bottom line the way I see it is that people have lost all their trust in God. They do not trust that God controls the limits of what man is allowed to do destructively as he does with nature. He will not ever let us suffer beyond what we can bear. Trust in God and you will be saved. Lack of faith makes us act desperately in fear and unwisely attempt to save ourselves.
Faith in God is rewarded by God with supernatural help. We can't underestimate its power. It kept Russian and our own finger off the button for an enormous period of time. There is no winner in a nuclear war for anybody if any side acts preemptively.
Zechariah