Posted by
April Lorier on Wednesday, June 10, 2009 12:58:20 AM
There's a lot of fear mongering
today on television, radio, the internet, and in printed media...and
they call it "news" today. I have lived long enough to remember what
news is supposed to be: just the facts, Ma'm. But today we have
sensationalism ("If it bleeds, it leads!"), teasers, opinions, and
repetition on channel after channel.
Everyone knows groceries
cost more, in fact, everything costs more today. Families are trimming
their budgets big time to make ends meet. But when all one hears is how
bleak our future is, how can we avoid fear? We are, after all, human!
I
have lived to watch "the box" (television) become the modern-day idol
all over the world. If the words are coming from "the box" they must be
true, right? Wrong! What makes one pundit's opinion more true than my
opinion? Is it because he (or she) is dressed up and on television? If
I, a woman, am in my bathrobe and slippers does that disqualify my opinion?
More
importantly, as a Godwoman - that is, a woman who believes God over any
human being - I choose to believe what God, in His omniscience, said in
His word. He said He would provide all my needs through Christ Jesus.
He said I was not to fear because He would provide for me! So, who do I
believe: God or fear mongers?
It's a whole lot easier to believe
the fear mongers simply because I spend more time listening to them
than I spend listening to God's Spirit and reading His promises in His
Word! So, if I feel fear, I have no one but myself to blame.
I
can solve this problem by turning off the television, radio, and other
forms of media and choose to spend that time in God's Word. If,
according to Philippians 4:8-9, I choose
to focus on what's true, according to God's Word, what's positive, what
the attributes of God are, I will not feel the fear. I will feel the
peace of God.
So, today, I choose to focus on the promises of God instead of what passes for "news" today. See, I remember "news" and I don't hear it much these days.