When I look at the news on the internet or turn on the TV and see the
latest catastrophe I shudder. School
shootings that began a few years ago in High Schools have now migrated down to
elementary schools and kindergarten.
Bombings that were occurring at the entrances
or inside public buildings have now found their way to the streets where
runners innocently are enjoying a distance
competition. Explosions and disasters whether they are natural or man-made seem to capture the headlines daily. What is this world coming to? Or maybe we should ask what God wants us to do in such turbulent
times.
Paul wrote in 2 Timothy
3:13-15 But evil men
and seducers shall grow worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived. 14 But continue
in the things which you have learned and have been assured of, knowing of whom
you have learned them; 15 And that from a child you have known the holy
scriptures, which are able to make you wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
Notice what Paul advises young Timothy to do in the face of evil growing
worse and worse and men being deceived into believing that killing others will somehow benefit them. He tells him to continue to follow God’s word and obey it. In such an unstable world we are to stand on His
truth. The word of God will stand
safe and sure (1 Peter 1:25).
Notice he admonishes him to have faith in Christ. Christ is our rock and
redeemer. He alone can withstand and calm the storms raging
around us. There is not a headline that
catches Him by surprise. There is never
a news report that He didn’t already know about before it happened. He knows the evil residing in men’s hearts that will erupt in more death and violence. We must trust Him in these darkening times.
Lastly, Paul tells us in his letter to Titus in chapter 2 verse 13 to “Look for that
blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Savior Jesus
Christ;” He is coming again and He is going to fix our world. As we see men’s hearts continuing to darken can we
pray with earnest, “even so, come Lord Jesus”?
He is our
hope. What is this world coming to? It’s coming to Jesus! Look up, for your redemption draws near!
