Roger Meyer

We have all used various kinds of guides, whether a tour guide in a museum or historic site, a guide in a national park wilderness area, an education or career guidance counselor, or even a GPS helping us to our destination in the city or country. We especially need a guide through the wilderness of spiritual deception in the world today.

When Philip asked a man from Ethiopia if he understood what he was reading in the book of Isaiah, the Ethiopian answered, “How can I, unless someone guides me?” (Acts 8:31).

Many have been watching the news of the war between Israel and Hamas with concern and anxiety. News reports the threat of greater wars, hatred, violence, and rampant crime. Drugs, the demise of morality, economic woes, and political stalemate also weigh on our minds. What can we do? Where can we go for safety?

Since the depraved and unspeakably inhuman massacre of Israeli citizens in southern Israel by Hamas terrorists from Gaza, there is increasing fear of wider conflict resulting in World War III.

The nations of the world make battle plans to successfully fight battles and wage wars. Likewise, Christians need a battle plan to fight spiritual battles. Do you have a spiritual battle plan?

How long will you live? What is the number of your days, and why is that an important question to consider?

Various websites list statistics on average life expectancy, which is a nice way of saying “average age of death.” The statistics are often categorized by gender, ethnicity, country, and other characteristics.

Since that fateful day in the Garden of Eden when Adam and Eve earned “the wages of sin” by disobedience, death awaits all of humankind.

One of the greatest opportunities we have in life is the opportunity to change. We can decide to start doing the things we should and to stop doing the things we shouldn’t. We can “turn our life around.”