Do you meditate on God’s Word?  Do you fill your mind with scripture and allow God to provide you comfort, solace, answers and peace?  This world is difficult, nigh oppressive, in its capacity to drown us in the weighty list of things we can or cannot get done.  Is there any method by which we may take these things in stride or are we forced to ignore them, get overwhelmed, escape or simply lose our footing trying to stand against the rip tide of today’s endless requirement?

Did you know there is a way or have you been forced to choose one of these attempts to cope?  As always Christ told us how to stand in these overwhelming times.  In Luke 21, the Lord Jesus responds to His Apostle’s questions regarding the signs of the end of times.  Jesus clearly warns us that we will be persecuted for His sake and we shall not perish.  In this responsive teaching Jesus also tells us the following regarding our mental state and how He directs we prepare for what must certainly come upon us.  Luke 21:34-36 And take heed to yourselves lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.  For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the earth.  Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that you may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man.

Without Christ’s direction we are left to choose upon insufficient coping mechanisms to deal with the onslaught of cares, worries and the shear gravitational weight of the world coming apart at the seams.  Some will worry, some will choose drink/drugs to escape the reality others will find renewed effort in futile attempt to stay ahead of the cresting waves.  Yet Christ tells us to not become overwhelmed by excesses of the heart or fall prey to escapism and worry so that we may face the day vigilant, aware, prepared and at peace.  For after all the signs of this fraying world are indications of Christ’s imminent return, which effectively nullifies the severity, number and impact of our current trials.  Choose to believe on Christ, cast your cares and worries upon Him, trust in Him to deliver you from this fallen and failing world, take from Him Peace in exchange for this surrender.  There is hope, a hope only found in His Loving, Truthful and Immortal Word.  Are you overwhelmed, let go?  Are you escaping this world, wake up?  Are you worried to the point where you are consumed with a list of things that will somehow give you the perception of control, trust in Him, not yourself?  These things are shown us so that we might turn our eyes and hearts to heaven watching, waiting and rejoicing at His return.  Do not get lost in the stimuli of this world and lose your focus on Christ from whence your blessings come.  For we will be blessed to stand in front of the Son of Man, the Lord Jesus Christ, King of Kings and Lord of Lords as he returns to set things right.

In Jesus’ Mighty Name.