WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.740 If there is any one medicine that is needed in 00:00:05.740 --> 00:00:12.080 this generation, it is the peace of mind. For 00:00:12.080 --> 00:00:14.960 never, I suppose, in the history of this country 00:00:14.960 --> 00:00:19.699 has there been a generation living under such 00:00:19.699 --> 00:00:25.280 tension as this one. It was during the miracle 00:00:25.280 --> 00:00:29.890 service when a young man... only 32 years of 00:00:29.890 --> 00:00:33.929 age, good -looking, exceptionally fine -looking, 00:00:34.270 --> 00:00:42.710 came seeking help for his nurse. He admitted 00:00:42.710 --> 00:00:48.969 that the tension had been so terrific that he 00:00:48.969 --> 00:00:57.539 had actually contemplated suicide. Not more than 00:00:57.539 --> 00:01:03.200 five minutes later, a young woman, not very old, 00:01:03.420 --> 00:01:11.140 came forward for a nerve healing. She confided 00:01:11.140 --> 00:01:19.140 in me and told me that she had had 27 shock treatments. 00:01:19.239 --> 00:01:29.579 Think of it. 27. shock treatments. And it was 00:01:29.579 --> 00:01:35.939 all because of nerves. People break under the 00:01:35.939 --> 00:01:39.859 strain of this life. High -tempo thinking and 00:01:39.859 --> 00:01:45.420 living always cause people to break. The late 00:01:45.420 --> 00:01:50.480 Caruso had a dinner table trick. He would hold 00:01:50.480 --> 00:01:54.909 a slender glass high in the air. And then he 00:01:54.909 --> 00:01:59.549 would sing an ascending scale until he came to 00:01:59.549 --> 00:02:04.709 a high note, which he would repeat until the 00:02:04.709 --> 00:02:10.889 constant vibration actually, literally shattered 00:02:10.889 --> 00:02:19.389 the glass. I am told on good authority that at 00:02:19.389 --> 00:02:23.009 automobile proving grounds, The greatest test 00:02:23.009 --> 00:02:27.069 given an automobile is not over high terrain, 00:02:27.349 --> 00:02:33.150 but to drive it over a smooth pavement at a very 00:02:33.150 --> 00:02:39.229 high rate of speed. For the high frequency vibration 00:02:39.229 --> 00:02:44.909 the setup reaches into the interior of the motor 00:02:44.909 --> 00:02:51.099 and finds any defect more quickly. than if the 00:02:51.099 --> 00:02:54.360 machine had to plunge and push and struggle with 00:02:54.360 --> 00:02:59.740 natural obstacles. Now reason with me a moment. 00:03:00.259 --> 00:03:04.039 If a glass can be shattered by high tension, 00:03:04.319 --> 00:03:11.300 if high frequency can ferret out the inner weaknesses 00:03:11.300 --> 00:03:16.520 of an automobile, what do you suppose that... 00:03:17.949 --> 00:03:22.710 Drain of this kind does to the delicate mechanism 00:03:22.710 --> 00:03:32.250 of our flesh, our brain, blood, and the spirit 00:03:32.250 --> 00:03:37.689 that makes up the human being. You want to know 00:03:37.689 --> 00:03:44.009 something? You and I are so constituted that 00:03:44.009 --> 00:03:48.419 we can never secure peace. inner peace except 00:03:48.419 --> 00:03:55.259 through God. There cannot be peace of mind or 00:03:55.259 --> 00:04:01.780 peace of soul except there be the peace of God. 00:04:03.199 --> 00:04:08.659 That is the essence of the whole matter. You 00:04:08.659 --> 00:04:15.060 are created by God. You belong to God. You are 00:04:15.060 --> 00:04:22.089 made for God. People forget these things. Paul 00:04:22.089 --> 00:04:29.569 says, in him we live and move and have our being. 00:04:30.230 --> 00:04:39.230 We do live. We do move in God. Every man lives 00:04:39.230 --> 00:04:46.689 and moves in God, for God is inescapable. We 00:04:46.689 --> 00:04:49.709 can only deny him with the very power that he 00:04:49.709 --> 00:04:55.449 gives us. And yet, many people do not have their 00:04:55.449 --> 00:05:03.730 being in him. We live on surface roots. The taproot 00:05:03.730 --> 00:05:11.430 has not gone down into God. We do not have our 00:05:11.430 --> 00:05:16.850 very being in him. we fail to appropriate his 00:05:16.850 --> 00:05:24.750 amazing resources. Life is a restless, a disrupted 00:05:24.750 --> 00:05:30.949 thing until we give ourselves to something beyond 00:05:30.949 --> 00:05:37.050 ourselves, until we obey something ultimate and 00:05:37.050 --> 00:05:42.910 obey it supremely. We're made like that. We're 00:05:42.910 --> 00:05:48.800 constructed. like that. And we will know as much 00:05:48.800 --> 00:05:52.959 of God as we are willing to put into practice, 00:05:53.139 --> 00:06:02.199 no more, no less. Our souls are restless until 00:06:02.199 --> 00:06:11.399 they rest in Him. Just let us reason together 00:06:11.399 --> 00:06:19.550 for a few minutes. You are created by God. You 00:06:19.550 --> 00:06:23.870 belong to God. You may turn your back on him. 00:06:24.230 --> 00:06:28.029 You may deny his power. But it doesn't change 00:06:28.029 --> 00:06:36.089 the fact one iota that he is your creator. His 00:06:36.089 --> 00:06:39.550 blood is in your veins. His bone is in your bone. 00:06:39.810 --> 00:06:44.500 His life is in your life. That's what the word 00:06:44.500 --> 00:06:51.360 of God means. Let us. And it's God speaking. 00:06:53.879 --> 00:07:03.079 Let us make man in our image after our likeness. 00:07:04.379 --> 00:07:08.939 To whom was he speaking? To the Son. To the Holy 00:07:08.939 --> 00:07:18.060 Spirit. Let us. Make man in our image after our 00:07:18.060 --> 00:07:23.399 likeness. You and I are made in the image of 00:07:23.399 --> 00:07:31.259 God after his likeness. And we were made for 00:07:31.259 --> 00:07:39.180 God. This restlessness in me, in you, is because 00:07:39.180 --> 00:07:44.519 God... calls us to himself. And we will never, 00:07:44.639 --> 00:07:50.360 we absolutely can never have peace of mind and 00:07:50.360 --> 00:07:55.120 peace of soul until we have the peace of God. 00:07:56.000 --> 00:08:00.300 When God is not the center of our lives, our 00:08:00.300 --> 00:08:03.819 being, then we become the center. We become God. 00:08:04.279 --> 00:08:07.839 We handle our own affairs. We try to run our 00:08:07.839 --> 00:08:11.360 own lives. We try to run our own families. We 00:08:11.360 --> 00:08:14.079 try to run our businesses. And then you want 00:08:14.079 --> 00:08:18.480 to know what happens? We get ourselves in a mess. 00:08:19.959 --> 00:08:25.600 And we become a mess. And it isn't long before 00:08:25.600 --> 00:08:32.460 worry and fear dominate our lives. Dominate us. 00:08:33.559 --> 00:08:38.159 And we break under the tension. We break under 00:08:38.159 --> 00:08:44.080 the strain. We're mastered by fear. We're mastered 00:08:44.080 --> 00:08:48.139 by worry. And then, do you want to know what 00:08:48.139 --> 00:08:57.659 happens? We break. Long ago, multitudes crowded 00:08:57.659 --> 00:09:00.679 around Jesus. He knew them. He knew them better 00:09:00.679 --> 00:09:04.000 than they knew themselves. And those people were 00:09:04.000 --> 00:09:09.649 no different. than the people today. And he turned 00:09:09.649 --> 00:09:17.730 to them and said, Come unto me, all ye that labor 00:09:17.730 --> 00:09:22.190 and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 00:09:24.169 --> 00:09:26.590 Those are the most beautiful words ever uttered. 00:09:27.950 --> 00:09:32.629 Perhaps no generation needed those words more. 00:09:33.610 --> 00:09:36.590 then our generation, and perhaps no generation, 00:09:36.809 --> 00:09:41.889 has responded so completely to them as our own. 00:09:44.009 --> 00:09:53.169 Come unto me. There's your answer. The peace 00:09:53.169 --> 00:09:59.669 of God, which passeth all understanding, it's 00:09:59.669 --> 00:10:03.940 beyond human understanding. It's beyond your 00:10:03.940 --> 00:10:12.240 understanding. The peace of God beyond our understanding 00:10:12.240 --> 00:10:16.960 shall keep your hearts, and not only your hearts, 00:10:17.059 --> 00:10:29.320 shall keep your minds through Christ. Get God 00:10:29.320 --> 00:10:37.519 in your soul. Get a clean mind, and I'll guarantee 00:10:37.519 --> 00:10:43.500 you something. You will have peace of mind from 00:10:43.500 --> 00:10:51.139 now on until the end of the journey. Slipping 00:10:51.139 --> 00:10:56.820 to your knees just now? Say, wonderful Jesus, 00:10:57.279 --> 00:11:03.269 that's what I need. I need you to control my 00:11:03.269 --> 00:11:12.970 life, my body, my mind. Give that peace just 00:11:12.970 --> 00:11:20.570 now as I give myself to you. Amen.