"Everything is falling apart so there's no point trying to build relationships or dreams"
How it sounds in your head: The economy is crashing, climate is collapsing, wars everywhere. Why invest in friendships or dream about marriage when it all feels like it's crumbling? Better to protect myself and not get attached to anything.
"The glory of this latter temple shall be greater than the former, says the LORD of hosts. And in this place I will give peace, says the LORD of hosts."
-- Haggai 2:9Enemy uses current events to make her withdraw from the very connections and callings that would anchor her in truth.
Every news cycle confirms chaos - shootings, inflation, political insanity, environmental disasters. It genuinely looks like everything is unraveling and building anything feels like stacking cards in a windstorm.
Esther lived under a decree of TOTAL ANNIHILATION of her people - actual genocide scheduled. Instead of hiding in hopelessness, she positioned herself, risked everything, and God turned the ENTIRE THING around in a single night, giving her people victory and wealth.
I REFUSE the lie that everything is falling apart so I should stop building. IT IS WRITTEN that the glory of my LATTER days shall be GREATER than the former. My God specializes in turning chaos into triumph. IT IS WRITTEN that no weapon formed against me shall prosper, and every tongue that rises against me in judgment I shall condemn. I am under the Abrahamic blessing - blessed when the world is shaking because my blessing isn't tied to the economy or the news cycle. I build relationships, dream dreams, and create fearlessly because my Father commands the blessing on everything I set my hand to.
Your Father is running toward you with STRATEGY for this exact moment. You weren't born into chaos by accident - you were positioned for such a time as this, and He's already written the victory before the battle even started.