QuickThoughts: Fear In Today’s World
📘 Yahweh is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear?
Psalm 27:1
Yahweh is the strong defense of my life; Whom shall I dread?
We can be tempted to give in to fear and anxiety as we watch the worldly political theater play out. May I encourage us all to shift our focus?
We spend far too much time on this app (and in our daily lives) storing up earthly treasures, which includes the knowledge of current affairs, and spending our energy on things which will pass away and be consumed by fire.
📘 But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal; for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
Matthew 6:20-21
📘 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, in which the heavens will pass away with a roar and the elements will be destroyed with intense heat, and the earth and its works will be found out. Since all these things are to be destroyed in this way, what sort of people ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness, looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens burning will be destroyed, and the elements will melt with intense heat!
2 Peter 3:10-12
The anxiety and fear we encounter comes from this misplaced attention. When we seek to preserve the things God has promised to destroy, is that not a futile endeavor? It is no wonder such a desire is rewarded with hopelessness!
Stop looking to the world!
📘 Therefore, if you have been raised up with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth.
Colossians 3:1-2
It is only when we have shifted our focus to Christ, and our eternal inheritance, that the fear and anxiety of this world fades.
📘 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and petition with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:6-7
I pray that we all might find that peace which the world cannot explain, that peace which allows us to rest in Christ, even amid such turmoil and chaos.
Go today, brethren, and seek the Lord’s peace. This is not our home!
📘 Yahweh bless you, and keep you;
Yahweh make His face shine on you,
And be gracious to you;Yahweh lift up His face on you,
Numbers 6:24-26
And give you peace.
The Unworthy Prodigal 
So true, so good and so comforting. God is in control and none of this is a surprise to him.
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