"The world is ending soon so there's no point planning for my future or dreams."
How it sounds in your head: Why should I care about school or what I want to be when I grow up? Everything's falling apart anyway. Adults keep talking about the end times and how bad everything is getting. Maybe I should just give up on hoping for anything good.
"For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope."
-- Jeremiah 29:11Source: religion - Misusing prophetic Scripture to create fatalism instead of occupying until He comes (Luke 19:13).
She hears constant doom-talk from news and church about how terrible the world is. At 10-12, she's just starting to dream about her future, but fear tells her those dreams are pointless.
Caleb was 85 years old when most would retire, but he asked for the MOUNTAIN with giants on it, declaring God kept him strong for 45 years. At an age when others quit, he claimed his biggest inheritance and won it IMMEDIATELY.
I REFUSE the lie that my future is cancelled because of end-times fear. IT IS WRITTEN that God has plans to give me a FUTURE and a HOPE, not disaster and doom. I am Abraham's seed, heir according to PROMISE, and the BARAK blessing is on my life—the same blessing that made Isaac plant crops during famine and reap a hundredfold THE SAME YEAR. IT IS WRITTEN that I am to occupy until He comes, which means BUILD, CREATE, DREAM, and ADVANCE. My future is not shrinking—it's EXPANDING. I declare every dream God put in my heart is COMING TO PASS, whether He returns tomorrow or in fifty years. I am a world-changer, not a world-escaper.
Your Father isn't counting down to destruction—He's counting UP your days with JOY, planning surprises for your future. He RAN toward you with dreams in His hands before you were born, and He's MORE excited about your future than you are.