Do not be afraid

Our Lord stated that there will be wars and rumours of wars but to not be terrified. Yet we are so consumed by conspiracy theories, masonry, Illuminati etc etc that we lose focus on those issues which are truly important. Are we afraid that these groups control the world and society as we know it and may cause us harm? If our answer is yes, then we need to re-evaluate our faith, for we are not to be of the world, we are to live in the world but our focus is to be on Christ, His love and the glory that is to be revealed. Why do we pay attention to these conspiracies? Didn't the Lord in many parables state that we should be working by feeding the hungry, clothing the poor, visiting the sick and those in prison? Basically we should focus our attention solely on living as a Christian in a manner that is pleasing to the Lord, praying, fasting and being a beacon of light to those who are in darkness.

Satan will use any methodology possible to take our focus away from Christ, which will ultimately ensure that all our energies are being put to work in fruitlessness. Satan has used the book of revelations to confuse people and to use people to lead others astray. People are infatuated, even obsessed with focusing their energies on trying to decipher signs, hand shakes, symbols etc that relate to those who are perceived as being the "elite". But as faithful members of the Church of the East, should we really be spending all our energies on such idleness? We all know the answer to this question, but let us look at what the Bible says about conspiracies - Isaiah 8 12 - 13

 ¹² “You are not to say, ‘It is a conspiracy!’
In regard to all that this people call a conspiracy,
And you are not to fear what they fear or be in dread of it.
¹³ “It is the LORD of hosts whom you should regard as holy.
And He shall be your fear,
And He shall be your dread.

We are to fear the Lord and Him alone, Our Lord Jesus also states that we should only fear He who can destroy both the body and soul (Matthew 10:28). We should not fear those who can maim and kill the body because as Christians who have placed their faith in Christ Jesus, our hope is not in this world as we are citizens of heaven having been purchased by the blood of the lamb, and we are here on a temporary 'working' visa living our lives in humility and subjection to God and servitude to our fellow man.

Our time here is short, too short to worry ourselves to the point of apostasy by forgetting the core of our faith and concentrating on end times and the hope of deciphering signs that are taking place on earth. Give yourself wholly over to God, sacrifice yourself and this also includes your inquisitiveness and curiosity regarding conspiracy theories that are rife on the Internet.

Amen