Trusting God

Chapter 13

1 And as he went out of the temple, one of his disciples said to him, Teacher, see what wonderful stones and buildings!
2 Jesus said to him, Do you see these great buildings? there shall not be one stone left upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives across from the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him privately,
4 Tell us, when shall these things be? and what will be the sign that all these things are about to be fulfilled?
5 And Jesus said to them, Take heed lest any man deceive you:
6 For many will come in my name, saying, I am he; and shall deceive many.
7 And when you hear of wars and rumours of wars, do not be troubled: for such things must happen; but the end is not yet.
8 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in various places, and there shall be famines: these are the beginnings of birth pains.

I find many times people use these verses to convince people buy gold, stock pile food ... and the rest. To convince people that the world is going to end right away. The truth is that Jesus is saying that everything will fall apart. But the question becomes where do we put our trust. I find that sometimes we use this to envision a future where we forget all ties to the world and go live in the mountains, but look closely does Jesus draw that conclusion anywhere. If you think about it buying gold, ammunition, food, etc. really is the transferring this trust in the system to a trust in my ability to prepare myself. Is that what Jesus intended? I don't believe so. I believe that Jesus wants us to trust him. So what does that mean, what does trusting Jesus look like? And that I believe is the million dollar question.