Have you ever heard anyone authoritatively declare, “If there were a God, He wouldn’t allow there to be wars and divorces and diseases! He would cause man to employ his inner resources to ‘fix’ the world, If He exists, He just doesn’t care about people or He’d let them work out the world’s problems.” Perhaps the quote is not verbatim, but the doubt expressed is familiar.

Your own questions remain answerless until you read I Corinthians 1:27, 28, 29. In this amazing passage, the Lord gives His explanation as to the why of His allowing man to flounder in his endeavor to resolve life’s problems. He declares His only solution—and it is not found in man! Until man lifts His eyes to the Source of His freedom from all that perplexes him, he will not be able to rectify the wrongs of life.

The wondrous truth of the Word tells us that God has “chosen the weak things of the world to confound the strong and the base things of the world to confound the mighty and the foolish things of the world to confuse the wise and the contemptible things of the world to bring to nothing the things that are lofty…” Why does He do this?

His answer is straight- forward and clear—“…so no man shall ever glory in His presence or have any reason to boast.” When the answer comes, it will be obvious that it flows from the blood on the cross. Nobody can formulate a plan for world peace or for personal peace through every trial until he turns his eyes to the Prince of Peace!