God's faithfulness and the troubles of this world

We live in interesting times. You can feel the uneasiness in the air. People are worried about the future more than before -- and after the last two years they were already worried enough, thank you very much. So I wanted to ask: How many times do we know of that God watched out for those who stood by him?

Peter the apostle started the list, showing the people of his day that even through lots of trouble, God knew how to take care of his own.

• In the days of Noah, the whole world went down. But God saved Noah.
• In the days of Sodom, the whole city went down. But God saved Lot. (2 Peter 2:5-7)

It's not like Peter had exhausted all the Biblical examples, either. In the flight from Egypt, plagues struck the whole land. But he saved Jacob's descendants. He has worked time and again to show his faithfulness to his people. They all suffered hardship. They all were spared from worse. And they all lived by faith, trusting that the one they followed is faithful.

If it's our turn now, our part is to show the hope that we have: that God is faithful; and to be ready to answer the reason for our hope: Jesus' resurrection from the dead. I think that, even if things don't get any worse, it's time for us to start living out our trust in God more boldly. Times are dark enough already, don't you think? No need to wait for worse. That is one way we can be a light in dark times.

Where to start? Peter said to cast our anxieties on God, because he cares for us (1 Peter 5:7). That sounds like a good place to start.

I should mention: Noah had to build an ark, and Lot had to get out of town. So trusting God goes hand-in-hand with taking action.