People Everywhere Are Checking Out

John 16:33, “These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.”

This woman is so right, people these days are losing interest in everything. Jesus foretold in Matthew 24:12, “And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.” People are checking out. People are surviving from paycheck to paycheck. Inflation is sky high. The educational system is trash. People are depressed.

I ran across this intriguing YouTube video today. This woman speaks much truth, but I DO NOT recommend buying her book. I am so leery of people selling junk!...

Millions are starting to lose interest in everything

I use a nifty free website called Note GPT that converts any YouTube video into text. Here is some of this woman's text:

There is a shift that is occurring where people are beginning to lose interest in everything and it's causing them to retreat from society. People are radically changing the way that they are living their lives. I know that I have felt this. When you look around our society, you see that everything is really operating on this fear-based narrative.

We are living in a world right now where we're just waiting on the next big event to happen, and we have an extreme amount of financial pressure and economic stress that is overshadowing almost everything that we do. The amount of work that is having to go into life just to maintain it, and to survive; people are getting overwhelmed and exhausted and are completely checking out.

I mean, when you look at the statistics, more people than ever are living paycheck to paycheck. Nobody has any money in savings. People feel hopeless that they'll never be able to own a home. They're having to move into their vehicles. Our food system is trash. Our education system is trash. 

And just the awareness is discouraging that the people who have been in charge and are controlling this system, that we are currently operating in; it's not going so well. And I think more people are waking up to the fact that when we are living in this overwhelming state of fear, we are easier to be controlled and manipulated.

When we're comparing ourselves to other people, it's easier to sell us stuff. We are never happy and we're constantly on this hamster wheel of working really hard just to like, meet our most basic needs. The world is currently operating on a level of corruption that we have really never been aware of before, or a lot of us have not been aware of just how corrupt a lot of systems are operating; and not just within the U.S. but globally as well.

We are constantly on our phones and screens and social media. We're becoming more and more disconnected from each other, and it's making social interactions more challenging for us and for other people. We're losing the ability to have a community and form connections with other people. 

We have been disconnected from nature and outdoors, which is a place where a lot of people can find peace and calm from this place of fear. It is causing people to have this overwhelming sense of anxiety and depression, and we have major mental health concerns that are going on with the majority of people, and that is a red flag that something is wrong.

We can only handle so much stress before we completely shut down, which I think is what is happening to a lot of people. We are becoming overwhelmed and from that place of overwhelm, you know you have to fight-flight or freeze, and we have been in fight and flight for a long time and freeze is where a lot of people are going to, where they are just completely checking out and this is the shift that is leading us into a deep awareness of what is going on, and that awareness is an uncomfortable place to be there; in that place where you are seeing past the veil you know has been over us for so long.

Please keep in mind that she is speaking from a carnal viewpoint, not a Christian one. The first have of her video caught my attention because I could relate to her alluring comments, which I think we all can. Something is amiss in American society today. People everywhere have lost interest in living. Where are the bands today? Where are the little league baseball games at the local parks? Where are the Christmas carolers in December? The pleasant American culture that I grew up in during the 1970s and 1980s has deteriorated beyond recognition.

As born again Christians, God doesn't want His children to follow the fear, worry and stress of this temporary crazy world. Jesus encourages us in John 16:33, “These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.” Everything's alright in my Father's house. The Holy Bible tells us how to handle this troublesome life down here on earth...

Colossians 3:1-4, “If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.”

That is why when by God's grace I wake up each morning, I seek the LORD early. I listen to the King James Bible or some Bible preaching. I check my ministry emails and get to work writing. By the good and faithful Lord's grace. I begin each day by setting my mind and affection “on things above, not on things on the earth.”

Pastor Jack Hyles (1926-2001) wisely said that as he grew older he ran to the Bible like a starving man. I fully agree! If we don't pray and abide in the Scripture daily, we are telling God by our behavior that we don't need His help and guidance. I desperately need God!!!

I Need Thee Every Hour

I need Thee ev'ry hour,

most gracious Lord;

no tender voice like Thine

can peace afford.

Refrain:

I need Thee, O I need Thee;

ev'ry hour I need Thee;

O bless me now, my Savior,

I come to Thee.

Hear song

I really like the pedal steel guitar in this song, 'The Old Rugged Cross.'

Even so, come, Lord Jesus!