Today the passage we are looking at is Romans 8:28. It says this, “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him and have been called according to His purpose.”
Not long ago a friend of mine gave me this book entitled “The Worst Case Scenario Survival Handbook.” This book outlines how to survive life’s worst-case scenarios. It tells you how to get through the horrible situations that you might find yourself in. It tells you what to do if you have to deliver a baby out of the back seat of a car, how to wrestle free from an alligator, how to escape from quick sand, how to survive a shark attack, and how to escape from a mountain lion. This book gives you two simple steps to escape from a mountain lion. Step one is this, do not run. That’s what the book says.
Now, if for some miracle you complete step one, step two is tougher. It says this; Try to make yourself appear bigger than you really are. It says if you have a coat, open the coat. If you have a shirt, open your shirt. If you have a child next to you, pick up the child. Do everything you can to appear bigger than you are.
Most of the explanations are just that simple. This book is only 150 pages long and that’s all I need to tell you how to survive about 40 of life’s worst-case scenarios. Just one page is needed to tell you what to do if you jump out of a plane and your parachute doesn’t open, or if something happens to the pilot and you have to land the plane. Forgive me for being a bit cynical, but this book seems a little too simple. The explanations are too easy.
