The blue glow of three smartphones lit the small living room of a downtown apartment. Outside, the steady hum of city traffic was interrupted by the distant, rhythmic wail of a siren. Inside, the only sound was the frantic tapping of thumbs on glass.
Marcus leaned forward on the sofa, his eyes wide as he scrolled through his social media feed. “It’s happening everywhere,” he said, his voice tense. “They just confirmed another cyber-attack on the eastern grid. And look at this headline—tensions in the Near East are boiling over. It’s exactly what the Bible talks about.”
Elena didn’t look up from her laptop, where a complex spreadsheet of supply chain data and commodity prices filled the screen. “If you think the political rumors are bad, look at the logistics,” she sighed, rubbing her temples. “Grain exports are down forty percent because of the droughts in the Midwest, and the shipping ports are completely bottlenecked. We aren’t just looking at a bad economic quarter, Marcus. We are looking at a global food crisis.”
Sitting in the armchair across from them was David. Unlike his friends, David’s phone sat face down on the coffee table. He listened quietly, holding a worn, leather-bound Bible in his lap.
Marcus zoomed in on a video of military vehicles moving through a foreign city. “Listen to this,” Marcus said, clearing his throat to read a passage he had looked up earlier. “Matthew 24:6-7. ‘And ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.’ How can we look at the news today and not be terrified?”
“Because of the very next words in that sentence,” David said gently.
Elena paused her typing and looked over. “David, be realistic. The data doesn’t lie. The world is fracturing. Nation is rising against nation, just like your book says. How are we supposed to just sit here and ‘be not troubled’?”
David opened the pages of his Bible to the Gospel of Matthew. “The King James Version uses a very specific phrase right there in Matthew 24:6,see that ye be not troubled. (Matthew 24:6) It’s a command, but it’s also a perspective. Jesus didn’t tell His disciples these things so they would panic and build bunkers. He told them these things so they wouldn’t surprise them.”
Marcus shook his head, staring at a breaking news alert that just popped up on his screen. “But the scale of it, David! The rumors of wars are constant. Every time I open an app, it’s a new crisis. It feels like the world is spinning out of control.”
“It feels that way because we are consuming the labor pains without knowing the purpose of the birth,” David replied. “Look at the text. Jesus says in the latter part of verse six, ‘for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.’ These global shaking—the wars, the famines, the earthquakes in divers places… they aren’t signs that God has abandoned the world. They are reminders that this world, in its current state, is temporary.”
Elena closed her laptop halfway. “So, your advice is to just ignore the famines? Ignore the economic reality?”
“Not at all,” David said, leaning forward. “We should care deeply. But our reaction shouldn’t be panic; it should be purpose. When the world loses its foundation, the church is supposed to provide one. If we are just as terrified as everyone else on social media, we aren’t offering any hope.”
Marcus looked down at his phone. The screen displayed a chaotic live stream of a protest in a major capital. The digital noise felt overwhelming. He locked the screen, letting the room fall into a brief, heavy silence.
“It’s easy to get addicted to the anxiety,” Marcus admitted softly.
“The rumors will always be there, Marcus,” David said, placing a hand on his friend’s shoulder. “But Christ told us ahead of time so that when the world shakes, our faith wouldn’t shake with it. The famines and the conflicts are a call to look up, not to give up.”
Elena looked at her blank spreadsheet, then back to David. “So what do we do tomorrow?”
“Tomorrow, we live by faith, not by the news feed,” David smiled. “We watch, we pray, and we become the peace that this chaotic world is looking for.”
So, here’s the question: are you caught up in the anxiety of everything going on in the world? You don’t have to be. Jesus offers peace to navigate life, and all that’s needed is a relationship with Him.
Please just take a moment right now and dedicate yourself to Christ Our Savior. All you need to do is ask the Lord to come into your life. Please… if you don’t know Christ or have fallen away, please pray… Tell God you believe His Son Jesus paid for your sins and rose again. Tell God you are sorry and want to start Living for Him. He will forgive your sins and mistakes and give you Everlasting Life with Him… and place His Spirit deep within your heart. In 1 John 1:9 says, “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”
I pray that God will truly Help and Bless you. If you would like for me to pray with you, please email me at Bob.L@magnificentPromises.com.
May God Bless and Keep!
I thank you for reading my blog. I do not claim to be any expert or affiliated with any religious organization. All I can say is that I’m affiliated with my Lord Jesus Christ. This is one man’s opinion and observation. My hope is I stirred up some thoughts for you to think about. There is one place where we can find all the answers to life. That road map is Commonly known as the Bible. If you want the answers to life all you have to do is read. If you would like me to pray with you or want to send a comment, please email me at Bob.L@magnificentpromises.com
For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in him shall not perish but have everlasting life. John 3:16
