"By your patience possess your souls." Luke 21:19
This verse comes at the end of a section that begins with people asking Jesus about the end of the world. Jesus responds saying there will be wards and fires and earthquakes and false prophets. The he tells those who are listening that before all of that they will face trouble and persecution. Then he ends with, "By your patience possess your souls."
The way that I read all of that is, don't worry about how the world is going to end, be here, now, because the here and the now is what is important.
That's where we always get it wrong, we focus on what may happen, or what may not happen, and we totally lose focus on what is happening. Time and time again Jesus asks us to remember where we are and who we are and who we are with right now.
Will there be a rapture and tribulation and battle of armageddon? Will wormwood fall to Earth? Will a dragon hang out with a whore? I don't know, and I don't care, because all focusing on that does is make me forget about the work God is doing right now.
+ Where is your focus?
+ How can you do better at being in the moment?
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