Rumors of Wars

I wanted to share with you all something I’ve been thinking about. A lot of frightening things are happening right now, many I’m not okay with, and much is traced back to current political leaders, as many big things are. 

I was thinking back to the 2008 elections and how worried my mom was. I was only 9 at the time but I distinctly remember walking though drug mart (my old favorite cause they had these fruit drinks and movie rentals) and she was talking about the election all worried as many were, and I quoted back a scripture I’d memorized during church camp that summer. Part of Daniel 5:21 “until he acknowledged that the Most High God is sovereign over the kingdoms of men, and sets over them anyone he wishes” 

Right now a lot of things feel crazy and out of control, and we blame the “powers that be” politically and I’m not saying the things that are happening aren’t their fault, they are. But I think it’s also important as believers to remember that no matter how chaotic things appear, God IS in control, He is sovereign; kings and presidents and senators and parliaments and everything else rise only at His allowing, they all rise and fall at His command and there is nothing  beyond His reach and His power. 

Also Matthew 24:6 “You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come.” 

We often think of the end of days in such frightening terms, but the reality is that the end of days is when Jesus comes back, and that will be the day that everything is so inexplicably perfect that we’ll forget everything that came before. 

So even if the leaders and rulers that God allows to rise do turn out to be terrible, even if He DOESN’T command their fall right now… we still trust, we still slough off fear we still know that the Most High God is sovereign.