Dare to Trust

Scripture References: Micah 5:2; Acts 19:29, 34

In 1975 a young couple bought a small paper in California. Almost immediately the husband unearthed a scandal involving a foundation that had served in rehabilitating former alcoholics and dope addicts. He persevered in his research even when major newspapers refused to run his exposé and when local law enforcement officials covered for the foundation. He ran down leads and former members who were willing to talk. When the foundation’s leaders tried to kill an opponent by putting a rattlesnake in his mailbox, the newsman’s efforts paid off. The leaders were brought to trial and convicted, and the newsman received a Pulitzer Prize for responsible, effective journalism.

We Christians sometimes despair at the problems confronting us. We wonder if we—small, weak, helpless—can survive against stronger powers. We feel that giving up is the only alternative to the frustration of trying and constantly failing. Sursum corda! Those destined to lose cannot win, and those destined to win cannot lose if they persist in faithful service! We succeed against all the Goliaths confronting us because God has willed for us to win and for them to lose. Nothing will defeat us!

Courtesy of Speaker’s Sourcebook of New Illustrations by Virgil Hurley © 1995 by Word, Incorporated.
Unless otherwise noted, Scripture taken from the New King James Version®, NKJV © 1982 by Thomas Nelson.
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