Good morning, world. Things are looking pretty good from the front porch of my farm in Virginia today. The temperature this morning says it’s still Winter, the foliage says it’s Spring, and the sky says something sinister is happening in the dark world around me. Off in the distance, I saw a deer resting in the field, completely oblivious to everything around it. A deer intuitively understands that there is safety in numbers and that having other deer around means having an alarm system for danger. None of that seemed to matter to the deer – it was a peace all alone in the field, and apparently it couldn’t care less about imminent danger. God used that lone deer to drive a Message home to me. A lot is going on in this dark world, and, although I’m not completely oblivious to “danger”, I’m at peace just like that deer is. I can “walk through the “shadow of the valley of death and fear no evil” because “thou art with me”. “fire” of danger all around me, and I am confident because I know that “thy rod and thy staff they comfort me”. But when it comes to my “peace that surpasses all understanding” despite the chaos surrounding me there is MORE to it than that. I Focus more on the Most High God than on anything else, and THAT’S how I find peace in the chaos. “Be still and know that He is God” – today, tomorrow, and forever more. Isn’t that the way every Child of the Living God should be living at such a time as this?

I don’t think that what’s going on in the world is nearly as troubling as what people of Faith are saying about it. We don’t know the mind of God, and we don’t know His Plans. We’re told how to live while we’re here and what to Focus on 24/7. We’re told that we’re aliens in a foreign land…that our lives are just like vapor…and we know How the Story ends. But somehow, for some reason, man needs to conjure up theories based upon their limited vision of “reality”, and man has an insatiable appetite for conspiracy theories. Sadly, no amount of warnings from the Bible slows them down, and no amount of Truth is as appealing to them as the lies. People like me don’t waste time speculating on the Hand of God…we just Trust it. When the prophet Habakkuk asked God about what He was doing, God responded, “Look at the nations and watch—and be utterly amazed. For I am going to do something in your days that you would not believe, even if you were told.” I’m no expert, but that sounds to me like God doesn’t feel obliged to let us in on His next move. I’m no expert, but it sounds to me like God doesn’t like it when WE attempt to speak FOR Him. In the book of Job, God said, “Who is this who darkens counsel By words without knowledge?” So I’m pretty sure God isn’t okay with us pretending to be “in the know”. ONLY God knows what’s going on today, tomorrow, and forevermore. This is the Key to Peace.

Plenty of people have spent countless hours “studying” conspiracies, and they’re ready to pounce on anyone who will listen to them. But I’m like that deer. In the field before the Throne of my God, and I won’t surrender my Peace to anyone. There are plenty of Bible verses to “combat” just about any of the conspiracy theories out there, BUT the Bible says, “Don’t have anything to do with foolish and stupid arguments, because you know they produce quarrels. And the Lord’s servant must not be quarrelsome but must be kind to everyone, able to teach, not resentful. Opponents must be gently instructed, in the hope that God will grant them repentance, leading them to a knowledge of the truth, 26 and that they will come to their senses and escape from the trap of the devil, who has taken them captive to do his will”. That pretty much sums it up. This is the Key to Peace.

If you’re looking for me, you’ll find me in the field with peace that “surpasses all understanding”. You’ll see that I’m as bold as a lion but as gentle as a lamb. You can witness my “confidence” that is actually Faith in my Father’s eyes. If you want what I have at such a time as this, reach out to me! My Job is to Share with as many people as I can before He Calls me Home – NOT USELESS CONSPIRACIES about the government or stripes in the skies, or the war with Iran. Nope…my job is to SHARE JESUS CHRIST – our HOPE – our REDEEMER – with the dark world while there is still time.

How about you?