Witness the steadfast faith revealed in his response to the colony’s challenge of crossing a perilous ocean to inhabit a New World wilderness: “since their desires were set on the ways of God they must rest on His providence.”
Sushan wrote: ↑June 4th, 2022, 9:13 pm
Well, I have to agree that if you remain without trying new and risky things you cannot fail and then you will be happy. But that will cause you to remain where you are.
These pioneers took a great risk leaving everything they knew and to take their families on a perilous journey. Faith and trust in God seems to have given them the courage to venture into the unknown.
There are people who solely become contented (or say so) from what they get, and depending on their religious beliefs they call it God's will, destiny, law of nature, etc.So, depending on providence from above, is it a way to be contented or is it a way to cover your laziness?
A friend of a church minister was shot and killed by a gang of youths in Jamaica about twenty years ago. After the funeral, the minister and a few of the congregation prayed for these youths, then said, what can we do to help them? They went out to find and to engage with these youths carrying guns; living in poverty and on drugs. From these beginnings; Street Pastors was launched and there are now about fifteen thousand volunteers. I have been a volunteer street pastor for fourteen years, I have lost count of the number of times we have walked in the middle of angry drunken violence. We can be out until 4am; we don't do self defence, or carry protective equipment. I am 73 and we have some amazing volunteers in their eighties.
I don't believe that trusting in God makes people lazy or content. I can only say; that in times of confronting violence with weapons; I have experienced a profound sense of peace that is beyond my understanding. I would not have considered this possible without a faith and trust in God.