“IT IS WELL!”

Walk with the LORD is no less than walking on razor’s edge. It is fraught with dangers and deep pits. Any courtesy glance at the great men and women of God, will certainly help us see the journey they had, and the struggles they encountered.

There are two aspect that are common in all their struggles and storms. One, they held on to the LORD, and walked forward, despite their pain, anguish and all their doubts and questions. Two, the LORD walked with them through the fire and the storm, and never left them.

The LORD never leaves us nor forsakes us [Hebrews 13:5b] whatever may be the circumstance that we are in. The LORD ignores our feelings of fear, doubt and discouragement. Despite how we feel, the LORD never abandons us.

What happened on 22 November 1873, helps us see the resolve of a Christian in pain and agony, and the LORD who made this man’s suffering into a song of strength.

Horatio Spafford’s four daughters die in a tragic shipwreck closer to UK, when their ship, Ville du Havre sinks. Just prior to that, Horatio incurred huge losses due to the great Chicago fire, and also the loss of a child, a little earlier. Desiring rest and comfort, the family plans to attend meetings of D. L. Moody, in England. Spafford was to join his wife and four daughters set sail, with Horatio himself joining them soon. Just then tragedy struck this family.

Everything changed for this man overnight. What did he do with his pain and agony? He looked to the LORD, and thanked Him for His goodness and grace, and wrote the hymn, “It Is Well with My Soul.”

Let us learn to fix our eyes on the LORD, and not the problems, pain and the agony. Let us sing, “it is well with my soul.”