We Live in Tumultuous Times

Published March 16, 2026

Man, there’s so much going on in the world today; wars and rumours of wars; vitriolically partisan politics; deeply divided societies. And then there’s all the stuff we each have going on in our own lives. Executive summary? We live in tumultuous times.

It’s easy to feel like some hapless cork being tossed around on an angry sea without any ability whatsoever to calm the storm. And so, many people’s lives have been reduced to complaining about life on social media, ridiculing their national leaders, reposting inflammatory and often ill-informed memes on climate change or identity politics.

Really?! Is that what our lives have been reduced to – seething, complaining, arguing? And in any case, why is God letting this all happen?

Human history has a strange way of repeating itself. So I’m wondering, can you and I be part of breaking the cycle – if not in some macro, geopolitical way, then in a micro, local way, by asking this simple question of God:

Lord, what’s my divine assignment during these tumultuous times? What do you want me to do?

2 Corinthians 1:3-4 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ … He comforts us every time we have trouble so that when others have trouble, we can comfort them with the same comfort God gives us.

Look around. Who is God calling you to comfort? To whom is God calling you to show kindness? Who’s He laying on your heart to befriend? What’s your divine assignment in these tumultuous times? Because …

You can comfort others with the same comfort that God gives you.

That’s His Word. Fresh … for you … today.

One Gift. Two Lives Changed.

Next week, TheLight’s March Fundraising Campaign begins, and it’s something truly special.

Imagine this for a moment: keeping hope, encouragement and community on the air AND helping someone see the world clearly again. Yep! That’s exactly what’s about to happen. How amazing is that?!

Don’t Delay

Jesus said, “The door to heaven is narrow. Try hard to enter it. Many people will want to enter there, but they will not be able to go in. If a man locks the door of his house, you can stand outside and knock on the door, but he won’t open it. You can say, ‘Sir, open the door for us.’ But he will answer, ‘I don’t know you. Where did you come from?’ Then you will say, ‘We ate and drank with you. You taught in the streets of our town.’ Then he will say to you, ‘I don’t know you. Where did you come from? Get away from me! You are all people who do wrong!’