I Look For A New World

 Jeremiah 29:11-14  For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.  Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.  And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart. And I will be found of you, saith the LORD

I can't get these verses out of my thoughts, and you know what? I don't want to. We live is such a chaotic world. The world as a whole is filled with strife- there are wars - some new, some old, some fought with modern weapons such as drones and others fought merely with machetes. There are rumors of wars- I haven't lived in a world without those rumors so they are often easy to dismissed as being a way of life, inconsequential in a lot of ways because they don't touch the little space of the world I happen to live in.  Nations are rising against nations, who doesn't read or hear the names of Russia and Ukraine and not know that right this very moment those two nations have risen up against each other in a very brutal war? Kingdom against kingdoms- these are the current ongoing wars as of 2022-Sept.  

Country      Type of conflict

Afghanistan civil war & terrorist insurgency

Burkina Faso terrorist insurgency

Colombia civil war/drug war

DR Congo terrorist insurgency

Ethiopia civil war

Iraq terrorist insurgency & political unrest

Mali civil war & terrorist insurgency

Mexico drug war

Mynamar  civil war

Nigeria terrorist insurgency

Russia    aggressor

Somalia     civil war

South Sudan ethnic violence

Sudan terrorist insurgency

Syria civil war

Ukraine   invasion 

Yemen civil war

(Web Source)

So many wars….  And famine, let's talk a moment about living in a world filled with hunger.  '2022: a year of unprecedented hunger  As many as 828 million people go to bed hungry every night.' (Web Source) Over eight million people!!!!!    'Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Nigeria, South Sudan, Somalia and Yemen remain at the highest alert level, as they all have populations facing or projected to face starvation (Catastrophe, IPC Phase 5) or at risk of deterioration towards catastrophic conditions as they have already critical food insecurity'  (Web Source)

I've never lived in a world without famines existing. 

Earthquakes  -  January 2022- 

6.0−6.9      18

5.0−5.9      148

4.0−4.9      1,292 

(Worldwide)

February  2022- 

6.0−6.9      10

5.0−5.9      130

4.0−4.9      1,120  

(Worldwide) (Websource)

Go on, look it up for yourselves… there are constant earthquakes, they aren't unusual any more.

'Between the years 1973-2008, there was an average of 21 earthquakes of magnitude three and larger in the central and eastern United States. This rate jumped to an average of 99 M3+ earthquakes per year in 2009?2013, and the rate continues to rise. In 2014, alone, there were 659 M3 and larger earthquakes . Most of these earthquakes are in the magnitude 3?4 range, large enough to have been felt by many people, yet small enough to rarely cause damage. There were reports of damage from some of the larger events, including the M5.6 Prague, Oklahoma earthquake and the M5.3 Trinidad, Colorado earthquake.

The increase in seismicity has been found to coincide with the injection of wastewater in deep disposal wells in several locations, including Colorado, Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Ohio. Much of this wastewater is a byproduct of oil and gas production and is routinely disposed of by injection into wells specifically designed and approved for this purpose. Hydraulic fracturing, commonly known as “fracking”, does not appear to be linked to the increased rate of magnitude 3 and larger earthquakes.' (Web Source)

So many earthquakes and the above (two paragraphs) are just the United States. 

The world we live is quite horrific really if you let yourself think about it for awhile. Is there any wonder we've had books written, movies made about aliens from other worlds wanting to destroy us because they deem mankind not worth saving? You see this time and again, even in television shows, and comic books. The realization of humanity as an entire world that it's been one of dominance vs subservience, power and control over each other forever ought to tell us all something. There is NO amount of enlightenment, NO amount of progress, NO amount of technology, NO amount of time that will ever change this real life scenario as much as the majority of people might want it to be a world of peace- no dominance, no subservience.  All the just mentioned things only change the way we war with each other, not the fact that we war with each other. Truly this world leaves very little hope at all whatsoever in and of itself, it can't, it's impossible. 

Jeremiah 29:11-14  For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.  Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.  And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart. And I will be found of you, saith the LORD

I have hope that doesn't exist in this world. Does this mean I don't care about this world? On the contrary, I care more about this world because I want everyone in this world to realize they too can have hope that doesn't exist in this world.  

'An expected end.'   We can find the LORD and He WILL be found of us!  

Go on think I'm looney tunes if you wants, you are welcome to do so and I'll still love you. If history has proven anything to me, it's that there is no hope for the world the way it is so filled with evil. Hope has to be found in a new world. 

Jesus spoke these words-  'Joh_8:23  And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world.' 

Jesus said He is NOT OF THIS WORLD. 

2Pe_3:13  Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.

We look for a NEW heaven and NEW earth! This is where our hope is!  I have this hope, I have this faith in my GOD, in my SAVIOR, in my HOLY SPIRIT!  

Satan would have us doubt to our own destruction. Satan will keep ever before us an onslaught of despair. Satan will attack our faith from every single side!  What Satan cannot do is destroy the WORD of GOD. In that Word of God is all the truth we need to know, to believe in the face of any adversity! We must holdfast to our FAITH without wavering, knowing the truth -all that is written WILL come to pass!

Jeremiah 29:11-14  For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.  Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.  And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart. And I will be found of you, saith the LORD

 

I'm calling on you LORD, I'm praying to you LORD, hear me as I seek you, and find you with my whole heart. Thank YOU for letting me FIND YOU LORD! Thank you! All glory to you God, all God to you! In the name of JESUS all glory to you! Amen!