The Courage of one’s Faith

The Courage of one’s Faith

1985 12 December 7 The Courage of one’s Faith (369) At the close of the second world war when the Allied Powers had finally defeated Germany, the majority of the Nazi leaders were executed by hanging at the very place, Berlin, where they had plotted the extermination of the whole of the non-Aryan world.

This incident occurred in 1946. Hitler and Goering had already committed suicide for fear of facing a humiliating death by execution. But other leaders, Ribbentrop, Keitel, Alfred Rosenberg, Wilhelm, Julius, Jodl, and other Nazi leaders, who were still alive at that time were all executed without exception.

These were the leaders who had assassinated 40 lakh of the Jews for no good reason and had illegally taken possession of their property. These leaders, waged such a bloody battle that leaving aside the huge toll of their supposed enemies – 20 lakh of the Germans themselves lost their lives in it. They had forced millions of people to live a life worse than that of the animals. Their hearts did not melt at the sufferings of the old and the handicapped. They simply shot them, considering them of no value to the country! The sight of the dead and decaying bodies of young and old, of widows and orphans never brought them to their senses.

And after their defeat, when these ‘brave’ leaders were brought to the scaffold for execution, their faces turned pale. Their legs trembled. These eloquent leaders could not utter a word, for their tongues had failed them. They had lost the power of speech. When those who had played so recklessly with the lives of others, saw what their own fate was to be they went mad.

Those whose boldness is based on materialism turn into cowards when they are divested of their props. But those who place their confidence in the eternal God, stand firm as rocks at all times, whether or not they have any external support.

If faith in the help of God is alive in man he can never fall a prey to desperation. Even in the face of powerful enemies he will be a rock of courage and determination. Amidst a host of enemies he will find a way out just as if they never existed at all.