The world has a charm that can be appealing.  Many people are lured by its gratifying call.  And often it proves rewarding. Turning your back on God often produces prosperity.

But the longer a person lives in disassociation to God, the greater the woes they will face.  Pursuit of the world inevitably brings with it the worries of the world. Yet with no hope other than what is fading around them, people are compelled to keep chasing.  It is a futile pursuit, a chasing after the wind, and one that withers the bones.

Ironically, the frailer you grow, the more frantic the chase becomes. As death gets ever closer, the struggle for meaning and significance becomes more desperate but all the more allusive. The life pursued sans-God is no life at all.

While this temptation surrounds all of us, and though we’re often tantalised by the world’s offers, in Christ we have a more satisfying and enduring call. He offers us life eternal through faith alone. When we submit ourselves to his eternal love by trusting in his atoning death for our sin, we become surrounded by him. In Christ by faith, our fears erode. Significance and meaning find their absolute fulfilment because they are rooted not in the frailty of our abilities, but in the abiding nurture of our God. Father God, thank that while we were yet sinners Christ died for the ungodly. Thank you that his is love: not that we loved you, but that you loved us and gave you Son as an atoning sacrifice for sin. Hold us in the peace and tranquillity of his unfailing love.