Man's Invincibility vs. God's Invincibility
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Man's Invincibility Vs. God's Invincibility
By Demar Elam
History has illustrated again and again to man
lessons on the impossibility of invincibility.
However, man never seems to learn!
The word "invincible" means: "incapable of being
conquered, overcome or subdued." This word came to
mind as I stood on the magnificent walls of Ft.
Pulaski located where the Savannah River meets the
Atlantic Ocean on Cockspur Island. I allowed my
mind to run with imagination as I reconstructed
the assault of the Federal forces on this glorious
old fort and its gallant forces near Savannah.
When my thoughts returned to the present I was
forced to think of the lesson to be learned from
this historical event. Those "in the know" at that
time had thought the fort to be impregnable.
However, a new weapon — the rifled cannon —
brought an end to the era of impregnable masonry
fortifications and verified the superiority of the
new rifled guns.
Did you know that of the "Seven Wonders of the
Ancient World" only one is still standing today,
the pyramids of Egypt? Even they have been ravaged
by raiders and robbed of their priceless
treasures. What do these magnificent structures,
Ft. Pulaski, the Titanic, and the great Empires of
the ancient world have in common? They were
vincible! They were indeed capable of being
overcome and subdued.
The same is true of man. Man often becomes puffed
up and thinks within himself that he is invincible
and needs no one, not even God! He convinces
himself that he has the world in his pocket, that
he is self-reliant and self-sufficient. Yes, he
even reaches the point of feeling invincible!
Man's frailty is exhibited daily. "…For man goes
to his eternal home, And the mourners go about the
streets" (Eccl. 12:5). The preacher went on to
say, "or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the
golden bowl broken, or the pitcher be broken at
the fountain, or the wheel broken at the well.
Then the dust will return to the earth as it was,
and the spirit will return to God who gave it.
Vanity of vanities, says the preacher; all is
vanity" (Ecclesiastes 12:6-8).
As I stood on the walls of Ft. Pulaski and looked
out across the marshes, I asked myself, "Where are
the gallant men who manned these walls? Where is
that young lieutenant fresh from West Point, named
Robert E. Lee, who was assigned to build the dikes
and drainage system for the island?" Gone, yes
gone! All of these who began constructing this
mighty fortress in 1829 have gone the way of all
men.
Then I think of God's invincibility, the words of
the Psalmist come ringing forth, "Before the
mountains were brought forth, or ever You had
formed the earth and the world, Even from
everlasting to everlasting, You are God" (Ps.
90:2). God is from everlasting to everlasting!
That is invincibility! God is truly incapable of
being overthrown, subdued, overcome, or conquered.
Man is here today and gone tomorrow (James
4:13,14), but God is from "everlasting to
everlasting." The battle of good and evil rages,
but God cannot be conquered by the evil one. Here
is man's only picture of true invincibility.
I want to serve the invincible God. Do you?
Thanks to The Voice of Truth International, Vol
34.
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