Scripture: Mark 13:1-8
I don’t know how many of you tend to watch the National Geographic channel, but they have a fun little show on Tuesday nights called “Doomsday Preppers.” People who stockpile food, weapons and medicine in the event of a “doomsday” event of some sort. On the one hand, I find the show fascinating. How all these people are preparing for some big “end of civilization as we know it” event and all the work they put into it. On the other hand, I think, “Gee… now I know where you stockpile all your food and weapons so I know right where to go, thanks.”
But in all seriousness… it highlights something very real and very disturbing about us. How we try and retain some kind of control in a world we never had control of in the first place. To try and pretend like we can do something to make our lives more “secure” from outside forces. Security from the government, from an economic crises, from other nations, from medical issues, even from our neighbors. Maybe if we stockpile enough guns, food and medicine, we can keep these forces at bay. That we can somehow escape or protect ourselves from whatever calamity the future might hold.
