What's This World Coming To?

This is God's Message, the God who made earth, made it livable and lasting, known everywhere as God: Call to me and I will answer you. I'll tell you marvelous and wondrous things that you could never figure out on your own.

Jeremiah 33:2-3 The Message

The world around us is changing so quickly, it’s hard to keep up! It’s not that we’re short of news or information – quite the contrary - but the overabundance seems to make it that much more difficult. Somehow, the truth of what’s happening and why gets smothered in the stuff.

Where do you go for your answers? It’s important to choose wisely. You see, the choices you make with regard to life and what’s left of it and/or what’s ahead are going to be made based on what or who you believe. Is your source trustworthy? Do their opinions and advice change with whoever is in power at the time? Are they based on what the stock market is doing?

I choose to believe the Word of God over anything I hear or see. I choose to stand on Christ the Solid Rock – my firm Foundation. He is the same yesterday, today and forever. God changes not. He knows the end from the beginning and shares it with us in His Word. He is the Alpha and Omega. Spending time with Him and knowing Him better is imperative. He alone is omnipotent, omniscient and omnipresent. He created this world and the universe that holds it and all that’s on it. Why would I look to anyone or anything else for the answer to my questions?

Literally every day I hear someone ask the question in some form or fashion, What’s this world coming to?  The answer is, it’s coming to an end. And we need to know the One - the ONLY One - who knows when.

Prayer:

Father,

            We fuss much like Martha did, worrying about the cares of this world. Forgive us, Father. Draw us close to Your side – reveal the depth of Your Word to us so we will know what is good and what is right. Lord, keep us focused on accomplishing Your will, not ours. In Jesus’ Name we pray. Amen

It's In the Book +

And many false prophets will appear and will deceive many people. Sin will be rampant everywhere, and the love of many will grow cold. But the one who endures to the end will be saved. And the Good News about the Kingdom will be preached throughout the whole world, so that all nations will hear it; and then the end will come.

Matthew 24:11-14 NLT

I remember a few years back, several of my co-workers made it a point to ask me if I was going to be at work on the following Monday. After about the third one, I finally asked if they knew something I didn't know. It was then they told me about the nutcase who predicted the exact day and time the world would end - over the weekend. 

They razzed me pretty good about not knowing what was going on in the news. I told them I didn't bother to get my news from the world. I know about what’s going on in the world today by reading the Book. I told them I don’t know exactly when Jesus is coming, because even JESUS doesn't know when He’s coming back - but they could best believe it would NOT be on the day or the hour a man predicts – their Saturday night plans were safe…unless of course, God decided to send Jesus on Friday… which begged the question THEN where would they be?

Our text continues in verse 23, Jesus speaking…

²³ “Then if anyone tells you, ‘Look, here is the Messiah,’ or ‘There he is,’ don’t believe it. ²⁴For false messiahs and false prophets will rise up and perform great signs and wonders so as to deceive, if possible, even God’s chosen ones. ²⁵ See, I have warned you about this ahead of time.

 ²⁶ “So if someone tells you, ‘Look, the Messiah is out in the desert,’ don’t bother to go and look. Or, ‘Look, he is hiding here,’ don’t believe it! ²⁷ For as the lightning flashes in the east and shines to the west, so it will be when the Son of Man comes. ²⁸ Just as the gathering of vultures shows there is a carcass nearby, so these signs indicate that the end is near.

 ²⁹ “Immediately after the anguish of those days,

   the sun will be darkened,
      the moon will give no light,
   the stars will fall from the sky,
      and the powers in the heavens will be shaken.

 ³⁰ And then at last, the sign that the Son of Man is coming will appear in the heavens, and there will be deep mourning among all the peoples of the earth. And they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. ³¹ And he will send out his angels with the mighty blast of a trumpet, and they will gather his chosen ones from all over the world—from the farthest ends of the earth and heaven.

 ³² “Now learn a lesson from the fig tree. When its branches bud and its leaves begin to sprout, you know that summer is near. ³³ In the same way, when you see all these things, you can know his return is very near, right at the door. ³⁴ I tell you the truth, this generation will not pass from the scene until all these things take place. ³⁵ Heaven and earth will disappear, but my words will never disappear.

 ³⁶ “However, no one knows the day or hour when these things will happen, not even the angels in heaven or the Son himself. Only the Father knows.” (emphasis mine)

It’s in the Book. Read it. Believe it. Know what’s going on in the world around you.

Prayer:

Father,

            Guard our hearts and minds to know Your Truth. Let us not be deceived by worldly fears and predictions. Let the light of Your Truth shine brightly as the world grows darker. In Jesus’ Name we pray. Amen