CHINNA KATHA FROM BHAGAVAN’S DISCOURSE. No. 41.

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41 – Faith

 

During the Second World War, a steamer carrying Indian Soldiers was

bombed by the Japanese and was sunk. Many lost their lives. Five among

them managed to row their lifeboat and hoped to have a chance of

surviving in spite of the surging Ocean. They were tossed about for many

hours.

 

One of them became desperate and cried: " The Sea will swallow me. I will

be a meal for the sharks " . In that panic, he got drowned.

 

Another soldier wept for his family: " Oh, I am dying without arranging

for the future of my family. " He too lost faith in his survival and

breathed his last.

 

The third soldier thought: " I have with me the Policy and documents of

Insurance. What a pity! " I should have kept them at home. What will my

wife do? I am sure to die. " He also died.

 

The other two men reinforced each other's faith in God. They said: " We

shall not yield to fear. We shall prove that however desperate the

situation may be, God will certainly protect man if he has faith in

Him. " Even as they were talking like this, a helicopter sent from a

coastal ship which had received signals for help, caught sight of these

two men and hauled them up. When they were safe on land, they said, " It

is only five minutes between victory and defeat. Faith earned the

victory; lack of it brought about defeat and death. "