What’s Fueling The “Meltdown”?

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The big news today is the world wide financial crisis. Some are calling it a “Meltdown”, others call it a recession or a crisis and there are some who dare to call it a full out depression. Regardless of what name you put on it, the financial markets are in some of the worst turmoil ever. People, corporations and governments are losing money faster than ever before.

There’s already been a lot of talk about what caused it however most of it boils down to one word: Greed. What more and more people are asking now however is why doesn’t it stop? What’s keeping it going? The answers to that kind of question are actually pretty easy, as is the solution.

The two main things keeping this crisis going are greed and fear. Greed, in that there are a lot of people who want nothing more than to save their own financial skins and whatever they have to do is ok with them. Plenty of these people are still yet working out ways to profit from all of this.

Fear however is a larger, more widespread reason for what’s going on. Until people decide that they are not going to act on their fears of losing money, they will continue selling and driving the market values downward.

Fear is destructive. Even if there is reason for that fear, allowing yourself to give in to that fear and live and act in it will only result in things getting worse.

1 John 4:18, “There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.”

There are two things that can be used to stop the insane roller coaster ride downward: Love and Faith.

Yes, there are fearful things happening and what’s happening in the financial markets is frightening to see, however the solution to fear is in deciding not to act on it. Instead, your actions should be dictated by love. Remember, love isn’t the warm fuzzy feeling that poets and infatuated teens would have us believe. Love is a decision, an action. Love is deciding to put the welfare of others before your own.

To act in love in the financial crisis is to make the decision to not allow fear to control the situation. You should not act blindly in a panic, but with deliberation. If enough people take that advice, the panic selling will stop and the plunging market will stabilize.

The other factor is faith. Faith is also not some mysterious thing that means blind trust. Faith is a decision based on the sure knowledge that God is in control. Knowing that God will provide for and protect His people. When you know that God is on your side and you act on that knowledge, that is faith.

I know that God is looking out for me. I know that He has and will provide for my needs. I know that He will protect me from harm. Because of that, I know that He will not allow this crisis to endanger me or my family and I will base my actions and decisions on that knowledge.

The financial crisis of today is a drop in the bucket compared to what is coming. There will come a day when a day’s worth of food will cost a day’s wages. How can anyone expect to deal with things like that if they don’t have the assurance that God is on their side and providing for them?

Obviously, in order to have that kind of security, you have to know God. You have to be able to say that Jesus is your salvation and that You have accepted that gift from Him. As we move further into these last days many things will only get worse. If you don’t know Jesus then now is the time to accept His gift and get to know Him.

And by the way this is a limited time offer. When Jesus returns the time given to accept this offer will close. That return could literally be any time now. Don’t wait too long.

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