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What Shall I Do?
Have you tried everything and yet failed to find the peace you long for? Do you sometimes say in your heart: “No one could ever feel as I feel”? Maybe you say, “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.”
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 unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God? Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on Him whom He hath sent” (John 6:28-29).
Thankfully 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. “For by one offering He hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified” (Hebrews 10:14).
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