The Design That Failed

Many years ago when passenger jets were being designed, it was thought that using square or rectangular-shaped windows would look more attractive. This was incorporated in the de Havilland Comet, the first commercial passenger jet plane. It wasn’t long before these planes began crashing mysteriously. Many innocent passengers lost their lives. Upon investigation, it was discovered that the cause of the wrecks was structural weakness at the corners of these square windows. With enough hours in the air, the fatigue of the metal brought these planes down with no hope of a safe landing.
What seemed so innocent a design brought grief and sadness to many, yet sadder still are the consequences of our sins before the face of a holy God. He loves us personally and has been grieved by the sins we have committed. Men and women are going through life ignorant of what their sins deserve in God’s sight. It reminds us of the verse in the Bible that says, “There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death” (Proverbs 14:1212There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death. (Proverbs 14:12)).
People are also ignorant of the fact that God tells us, “Your sins have hid His face from you, that He will not hear” (Isaiah 59:22But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear. (Isaiah 59:2)). Yet God loves you with a very deep love, and He delights to show mercy. To prove this, He tells us in His Word, “Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners” (1 Timothy 1:1515This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief. (1 Timothy 1:15)). God does not want us to be in the dark as to our condition before Him as lost sinners, but that we might be brought to “repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ” (Acts 20:2121Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ. (Acts 20:21)).
God requires that which is past, and whether we like it or not, “every one of us shall give account of himself to God” (Romans 14:1212So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God. (Romans 14:12)). How much better for us if we would be wise and come to Christ, confessing our sins and believing that He died on Calvary’s cross to put away our guilt and the judgment we deserved. Why not do this right now?