Article September 25, 1978 Issue

Trust God

GEORGIANA LIEDER LAHR

When all one's human plans have failed or when great danger suddenly threatens, one often cries out for God's help as Peter did many years ago. Peter actually walked on the water as long as he kept his eyes on Christ Jesus, but when he looked down into the raging sea, his faith faltered, and he began to be engulfed. It was then that Jesus "stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?"^{Matt. 14:31;}

There's a well-known saying, "Man's extremity is God's opportunity." We, too, can surmount the trials of human experience as we hold fast to our faith, keeping our thought on God and trusting His ever-presence and allness.

There are not two creations, the one material and the other spiritual. God's perfect, spiritual universe with man in God's image and likeness comprises the only real universe. The material world with man a mortal ensnared in sin, sickness, and death is a counterfeit, a lie.

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