Have you tried everything and yet failed to find the peace you long for? Have you wept and prayed, and afflicted yourself in various ways, and still peace seems as far away as ever?
Perhaps you have been told to pray and wait, and so you have prayed and waited until your burden has become unbearable, and it seems as if it will crush you.
Do you sometimes say in your heart: "No one could ever feel as I feel"?
You may have wondered why God made you, and have said: "Oh! I wish that I had never been born! There is happiness for others, but not for me. I am afraid to live, and I am afraid to die. Oh! what shall I do?"
The cause of this long and continuous distress of mind is found in the very question, "What shall I do?" If we realized our need as a sinner, and our complete helplessness to satisfy God, we would cease from our own efforts to obtain peace with God.
The question, "What shall I do?" was asked of the Lord when He was here on earth. "Then said they [the Jews] unto Him [Christ], What shall we do, that we might work the works of God?" John 6:2828Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God? (John 6:28). He answered: "This is the work of God, that ye believe on Him whom He hath sent." John 6:2929Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent. (John 6:29).
"What shall I do?" Thank God! There is nothing to do, for the work of salvation is all done. I can have peace by simply believing and accepting what Christ has done for me.
Christ on the cross has so fully done the work, and so fully atoned for sins, that there is nothing to do. It is all done.