CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY JULY 7, 2020
HAVE YOU FIGURED IT OUT YET? I MEAN THE CHAOS IN OUR WORLD – THE RIOTING, THE VIRUS, THE ANGER? THERE ARE TWO EXPLANATIONS.
ONE IS THAT THE WORLD IS FALLEN AND IN A FALLEN WORLD BAD THINGS HAPPEN. THINK OF IT AS A CAR THAT HAS ENGINE TROUBLE. IF YOU DRIVE IT – AND IF IT IS DRIVEABLE – IT WILL NOT LIVE UP TO THE DESIGN OF ITS MANUFACTURER.
THE OTHER IS OFFERED BY C.S. LEWIS IN HIS CLASSIC “MERE CHRISTIANITY,” HE WRITES ABOUT MAN’S EFFORTS TO IMPROVE THE WORLD: “AND OUT OF THAT HOPELESS ATTEMPT HAS COME ALL OF WHAT WE CALL HUMAN HISTORY – MONEY, POVERTY, AMBITION, WAR, PROSTITUTION, CLASSES, EMPIRES, SLAVERY – THE LONG TERRIBLE STORY OF MAN TRYING TO FIND SOMETHING OTHER THAN GOD WHICH WILL MAKE HIM HAPPY.”
HAPPINESS IS FLEETING. THAT’S WHY PAUL SAID HE WAS CONTENT IN WHATEVER STATE HE WAS IN. CONTENTMENT IS BETTER THAN TRYING TO BE HAPPY. HAPPINESS IS LIKE A SUGAR RUSH. IT DOESN’T LAST. CONTENTMENT DOES UNTIL WE SEE THE FACE OF JESUS. THAT’S WHEN REAL HAPPINESS BEGINS AND LASTS FOREVER. CONTEMPLATE THAT AS YOU WITNESS THE TURMOIL AROUND US AND BE CONTENT IN GOD. I’M CAL THOMAS.
