God Arises
The Life We Seek
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lack of healing faith. Physical health may be
restored, but spiritual death can carry one off to the
grave.
It is this dichotomy that has proved to be the
undoing of modern man. The image he projects is
one of brazen flamboyance, but this is only an outer
shell which masks his internal anguish. Outwardly,
he struts peacock-like, preening himself in
glamorous clothes, but inwardly he is bereft of
peace and contentment. Luxurious mansions shelter
his body, but that pampered body of his, conceals a
heart which is torn with misery. The lights of his
cities twinkle and shine, but its streets are dark with
crime and affliction. Rulers surround themselves
with material splendour, but it is this very
preoccupation with material gain that makes their
governments hotbeds of intrigue and mistrust. We
see grand projects conceived only to collapse
because those charged with their execution are
more concerned with self-aggrandisement than
with the success of the task in hand. The Lord has
provided man with an abundant spring of spiritual
energy. But man has failed to nourish himself from
