Alarming headlines and gloomy financial scenarios are feeding our fears. "What if everything goes south tomorrow?" Human nature always tends to assume the worst, but remember this: worst case scenarios don't usually come to pass!
- Every visit to the doctor doesn't culminate with a cancer diagnosis! Most of the health problems that worry us are not terminal.
- Every phone call at 2 AM is not tragic news about our family. In fact, most of those calls are just wrong numbers.
- Every mistake our children make does not result in pregnancy, addiction, or death. Most of their mistakes result in useful experience, and little more.
- Every financial downturn does not spiral into the Great Depression. There's only been one of those in US history.
- Every looming crisis played up in the media is not a certainty. Can anyone remember all those dire warnings of crashing planes, jammed computers, and lost financial records as Y2K was approaching on January 1, 2000? Surprisingly, civilization did not end.
The antidote to fear is faith. God has repeatedly brought Ephesians 3:20 to my mind this week, as I have crossed paths with fearful friends and neighbors. "Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen."
It's easy to believe that God still does miracles. What's harder to believe is that he will do one for me- just when I need it most. Scripture promises he can. And history shows it's true.
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