Billy Graham: Believers in Christ Are Never Alone No Matter What
Believers and non-believers alike sometimes experience a curveball in life: challenges to health, family, or finances that can leave one wondering – where is God?
In his latest advice column for The Kansas City Star, world renowned the Rev. Billy Graham says that such difficult times are precisely when believers should depend the most on God.
In response to a question posed by a reader who recently received a bad medical report indicating the person had developed a crippling disease that may claim the person's life, the person wonders, "Where is God in all this?"
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The preacher responds, assuring the individual that God has never left him/her. In fact circumstances like this are precisely when believers need to turn to God, he says.
"God is exactly where he always has been: loving you, watching over you and taking care of you in the midst of life's hardships, even when you weren't aware of it."
The founder of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association tells the indiviual, who admitted in the correspondence that he/she never paid attention to God, that the Savior has been waiting for the person to make Him the center of the person's life.
Graham offers a little tough love, too, encouraging the individual who wrote in to draw strength from Christ.
"He [God] has been paying attention to you, and instead of getting angry at Him because things aren't going your way now, my prayer is that you will turn to Him and discover the strength and comfort He alone can give you," Graham writes.
Nearing the age of 98, the famed evangelist, who has traveled the globe spreading the Gospel for more than 60 years, now spends his ministry in prayer, said son Franklin, The Christian Post reported. The elder Graham may likely be sending up prayers for circumstances just like this.
Billy Graham also offers this seeker of wisdom a bit of practical advice: to learn as much as possible about their health condition and to live life now. He says to try to move closer to Christ through prayer, reading God's Word, and fellowshipping with other believers.
"Life isn't always the way we wish it were, nor has God promised that it will be," Graham continues. "But when we know Christ, we know we are never alone, no matter what happens to us. The Psalmist's words are true: 'Surely your goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever'" (Psalm 23:6).
