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An Antidote to Fatalism

Scripture: Luke 8:41-56

A common motif of the human experience is the grapple between fatalism and hope. It is a duality often cinematically depicted as a glistening ray of light cutting through darkness. As fickle as hope may seem to be, fatalism is just as paper thin. In what could feel like immense darkness, looming death, and utter despair, sometimes God shimmers a light that defies all calculable odds, as demonstrated by Christ’s power in the gospel of Luke. The gospel is an antidote to fatalism because the king we worship who commands the wind, heals the sick, and usurped death with his life assures us that our worst days are not our last.