Troubled Times
What troubled times we live in! Almost every day I think of the Scripture that reminds us, “And when ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars, be ye not troubled: for such things must needs be; but the end shall not be yet” (Mark 13:7). These are the Lord’s own words, and while I realize that they refer to a day that is yet future, still there is comfort in them for us, as we see events unfolding which point to what will fully develop after the Lord comes. Thankfully we will be gone before the tribulation. We are promised, “I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth” (Revelation 3:10).
So not only do we live in serious times, but exciting times too. To think that we are just about to hear the voice of the Lord Jesus calling us to Himself in the Father’s house! In the meantime it is good to be intelligent bystanders and to have a concern and prayerful interest in what is going on in the world around us. One thing we are exhorted to do in this regard is to pray “for kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty” (1 Timothy 2:2).
