If there is any one medicine that is needed in
this generation, it is the peace of mind. For
never, I suppose, in the history of this country
has there been a generation living under such
tension as this one. It was during the miracle
service when a young man... only 32 years of
age, good -looking, exceptionally fine -looking,
came seeking help for his nurse. He admitted
that the tension had been so terrific that he
had actually contemplated suicide. Not more than
five minutes later, a young woman, not very old,
came forward for a nerve healing. She confided
in me and told me that she had had 27 shock treatments.
Think of it. 27. shock treatments. And it was
all because of nerves. People break under the
strain of this life. High -tempo thinking and
living always cause people to break. The late
Caruso had a dinner table trick. He would hold
a slender glass high in the air. And then he
would sing an ascending scale until he came to
a high note, which he would repeat until the
constant vibration actually, literally shattered
the glass. I am told on good authority that at
automobile proving grounds, The greatest test
given an automobile is not over high terrain,
but to drive it over a smooth pavement at a very
high rate of speed. For the high frequency vibration
the setup reaches into the interior of the motor
and finds any defect more quickly. than if the
machine had to plunge and push and struggle with
natural obstacles. Now reason with me a moment.
If a glass can be shattered by high tension,
if high frequency can ferret out the inner weaknesses
of an automobile, what do you suppose that...
Drain of this kind does to the delicate mechanism
of our flesh, our brain, blood, and the spirit
that makes up the human being. You want to know
something? You and I are so constituted that
we can never secure peace. inner peace except
through God. There cannot be peace of mind or
peace of soul except there be the peace of God.
That is the essence of the whole matter. You
are created by God. You belong to God. You are
made for God. People forget these things. Paul
says, in him we live and move and have our being.
We do live. We do move in God. Every man lives
and moves in God, for God is inescapable. We
can only deny him with the very power that he
gives us. And yet, many people do not have their
being in him. We live on surface roots. The taproot
has not gone down into God. We do not have our
very being in him. we fail to appropriate his
amazing resources. Life is a restless, a disrupted
thing until we give ourselves to something beyond
ourselves, until we obey something ultimate and
obey it supremely. We're made like that. We're
constructed. like that. And we will know as much
of God as we are willing to put into practice,
no more, no less. Our souls are restless until
they rest in Him. Just let us reason together
for a few minutes. You are created by God. You
belong to God. You may turn your back on him.
You may deny his power. But it doesn't change
the fact one iota that he is your creator. His
blood is in your veins. His bone is in your bone.
His life is in your life. That's what the word
of God means. Let us. And it's God speaking.
Let us make man in our image after our likeness.
To whom was he speaking? To the Son. To the Holy
Spirit. Let us. Make man in our image after our
likeness. You and I are made in the image of
God after his likeness. And we were made for
God. This restlessness in me, in you, is because
God... calls us to himself. And we will never,
we absolutely can never have peace of mind and
peace of soul until we have the peace of God.
When God is not the center of our lives, our
being, then we become the center. We become God.
We handle our own affairs. We try to run our
own lives. We try to run our own families. We
try to run our businesses. And then you want
to know what happens? We get ourselves in a mess.
And we become a mess. And it isn't long before
worry and fear dominate our lives. Dominate us.
And we break under the tension. We break under
the strain. We're mastered by fear. We're mastered
by worry. And then, do you want to know what
happens? We break. Long ago, multitudes crowded
around Jesus. He knew them. He knew them better
than they knew themselves. And those people were
no different. than the people today. And he turned
to them and said, Come unto me, all ye that labor
and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Those are the most beautiful words ever uttered.
Perhaps no generation needed those words more.
then our generation, and perhaps no generation,
has responded so completely to them as our own.
Come unto me. There's your answer. The peace
of God, which passeth all understanding, it's
beyond human understanding. It's beyond your
understanding. The peace of God beyond our understanding
shall keep your hearts, and not only your hearts,
shall keep your minds through Christ. Get God
in your soul. Get a clean mind, and I'll guarantee
you something. You will have peace of mind from
now on until the end of the journey. Slipping
to your knees just now? Say, wonderful Jesus,
that's what I need. I need you to control my
life, my body, my mind. Give that peace just
now as I give myself to you. Amen.