It's no wonder that nervous tension has become more common than the common cold. Drug companies are becoming wealthy selling pills to relax people. Thus, life becomes a real rat race between pill bottles and liquor bottles. In fact, dependence on drugs and alcohol constitutes one of our nation's major health problems. There is no doubt about it, the intellectual climate of modern man presents a real paradox.
Today there are millions of people suffering from severe mental depression.
All of us have come to realize that suffering humanity is searching for a contentment which the world cannot give them through tranquilizers nor scientific technology. The great Apostle Paul knew the real secret of contentment. I can do all things through Him who strengthens me. In this passage, Paul expresses a confidence that most people only wish they had. Paul knew that he could not be emotionally self-sufficient by an act of his own will.