Our ancestors did without sugar until the thirteenth century, without butter until the sixteenth century, without coffee, tea and soap until the seventeenth century, without automobiles until the nineteenth century, without radio and T.V. until the twentieth century. Many of us have as our highest goal, more and more possessions. But money and materialism cannot satisfy our longings. Jesus asked, “what does it profit man if he gains the whole world and loses his own soul?” the Psalmist wrote “God Himself “satisfies the longing soul and fills the hungry soul with goodness.” A gospel song tells us, “Only Jesus can satisfy your soul. And only He can change your heart and make you whole. He’ll give you peace you never knew, love and joy and heaven too, for only Jesus can satisfy the soul.”

Pastor Alex Rockwell
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In 1999, Daniel Miller, a geo morphologist, who studies land formation and changes that occur, warned that there was a potential for a catastrophic landslide near Arlington, Washington. He cautioned about the safety of building houses in the area. Unfortunately, his warning was not heeded, and the mudslide that occurred later, took many innocent lives. It is easy to shrug and say, “It can’t happen to me.” This approach is also often taken concerning our spiritual welfare. It does not change anything by saying, “I don’t believe in that Bible stuff.” Jeremiah, wrote “I have been watching, declares the Lord. I spoke to you again and again, but you did not listen…” Happily, God invites us all,to “seek the Lord while He may be found. Call upon Him while He is near…return to the Lord and He will …abundantly pardon.”

Pastor Alex Rockwell
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A few years ago, a CBC poll asked, “should the word God be in Canada’s national anthem?” Eighty six percent said “yes”. Fourteen percent said “no”. This is surprising, since according to the General Social Survey, only twenty one percent of Canadians aged fifteen and over attend a religious service at least once a week. So, eighty six percent of respondents want the word God in our national anthem, but less than twenty five percent of Canadians attend church on a regular basis. It’s one thing to mouth mental assent to something, quite another to really believe it. This mental dichotomy is even more serious when it pertains to our relationship with God. Paul the Apostle wrote, “…if you will confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved..” True biblical faith is believing with the heart, and then living out what we confess.

Pastor Alex Rockwell
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