An idea that will give a believer great hope and joy will drive another to despair and suicide.
What thought? It could take a lot of different shapes but the basic idea is this:
"I don't belong here."
There are things to hate about the world. We were not made for this world and it constantly attacks us.
Nothing about this world gives my heart any real satisfaction. I am always wanting things that I will probably never get here.
But that's how it's supposed to be. There are many different paths that one could take when they realize that they don't belong here: self-pity, anger, depression, hedonism, etc.
Or you could defy the oppression of the world by telling the world that it's not the authority, that physical earth and the misery it causes is not the be all end all. That there is a light at the end of the tunnel and it is a glorious one.
To someone who has no faith, this world is the only world there is, so when they realize that there is nothing of value here, death begins to look like the only feasible option. The idea of not belonging on earth makes them want out, and they get out by dying.
Believers also get out by dying, but instead of getting out just to stop the pain and disappointment, we go out into something greater, when we leave we go where we DO BELONG. Where our hearts WILL BE SATISFIED. We will go to the place that our hearts are made to long for. That is what gives hope and joy.
Keeping the big picture in mind helps you trudge through the smaller battles, and for faithless hearts, the big picture is actually a very small picture.
So really, it all hinges on that one thing called faith.
Having faith is DIFFICULT. It is a war and you can't be idle about it.
But aren't most good things also difficult?
We need help. Glorify God by asking Him for it.
