The Sky is Falling!

      You probably have heard of the story about Chicken Little at some time in your life. He felt an acorn fall on his head and ran around telling everyone the sky is falling we are all going to die!! He goes to his friends Henny Penny, Ducky Lucky, Goosey Loosey, and Turkey Lurkey and convinces them they had to go tell the king that the sky was falling! They all ran into Foxy Loxy and told him the same story. He of course knew they were all a bit crazy and lured them into his den..and he ate them all. Chicken Little not only got himself killed, he brought down his friends with his hysteria, and they never even got to see the king. 
      I feel like Christians act this way a lot! We live in fear, acting like the sky is falling, and the world is coming to an end. Obama is the Antichrist, teenagers are worse off than ever, the crime rate is at an all-time high, so many countries are at war...the list of horrible things around us is long. But I ask you, don't you know the outcome? Don't you know who wins? Don't you know that Jesus promises to return again and set everything right? "And the devil, who deceived them, was thrown into the lake of burning sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet had been thrown. They will be tormented day and night for ever and ever." Revelations 20:10  
      Why if we know he is victorious do we act like Chicken Little running around with our heads cut off, scared of everything? Why don't we live out our lives with confident expectations? Confident becomes we know who wins. Confident that we know the truth. Confident that God is in charge, not man and God has a plan. Let's act like we expect him to fulfill his promises and reveal himself in His time. Don't be scared of the world. Be the light in the world. Let's live life victoriously!
      What if the enemy uses our fear to blind us so that we never get to see the King? What is our "hysteria" brings our friends down with us?

"He who was seated on the throne said, “I am making everything new!” Then he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.” He said to me: “It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give water without cost from the spring of the water of life. Those who are victorious will inherit all this, and I will be their God and they will be my children." Revelations 21:5-7