I’m sometimes amazed when I watch our reactions to things. I think of how we overreact sometimes, and it’s pretty amazing. When I watch people, I notice their tendency to panic seems almost just below the surface. I’ve seen this in different situations in my life.
The interesting thing about when we panic—rational thought quickly goes out the window. This is when our emotions take over. It seems it’s the case when emotions take over we lose our critical thinking skills. So, then we’re reacting on just sheer emotion.
I remember when I was in high school I had a job at a grocery store. I was one of the guys bagging your groceries in the check-out lane. Winter time was the worst. Well, for many reasons, but this is just one reason. When people watched the weather and saw there was a snow storm coming, it was off to the store like nuclear war was just declared with Russia. And it didn’t have to be a big storm either. We might end up only getting a few inches of snow. But some people would stock up like they were going to get snowed in for about a week. Which never happened of course. I’m still not sure what caused this reaction. Maybe they remembered winters from way back when we actually got some snow. My grandparents had some pictures from the sixties. They had some epic snowfalls back then. It showed pictures of them having to dig a tunnel out the front door of their house. The snow was as high as the eaves on the roof of the house, or the height of a railroad car. I think they did actually get snowed in for a week or two back then. And living out in the country, you might feel compelled to stock up a little bit.
So, was this the reason for people’s reaction to the news of a snow storm? Somehow, I don’t think so. Even given a knowledge of snow storms past, it still strains the realm of rational thought. Given the technology we have today and the rarity of a big storm, I think a box of Cheerios and a gallon of milk would probably suffice. I don’t know, maybe some of them were hoping to get snowed in, thinking, “Yay, snow day!” Could be the case with some, I guess.
I would say, though, that the majority of people’s reactions were due to just overreacting to the situation. Seeing things for worse than what they are. Of course, I’m not immune to this myself. I’ve seen myself overreact to some situations. In retrospect, it’s pretty embarrassing. Seeing things like this makes me wonder, though, what we’re placing our trust in sometimes. Am I placing my trust in my government, in certain people, or maybe just completely in myself? So, what if those things fail? Then what do I do?
The reality is, there’s only one person we can place our trust in that never fails. It says in AV Proverbs 3:5, “Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.” Here’s a good roadmap for us to follow. It starts with ‘trusting in the Lord with all my heart’. It doesn’t stop there, though. It also says not to lean unto my own understanding. What am I doing when I panic? I’m leaning unto my own understanding. I need to remember to trust Him with the things I don’t understand. So, moving forward I ‘acknowledge Him in all my ways and He will direct my path’. So, basically, I ask Him for direction and He will show me what to do. Good roadmap.
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AV Psalms 55:22 says, “Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.” This goes along the same lines, but there’s more to it. We need to ‘cast our burden on Him’. We often think we have to carry these things. So, we’re many times bound up with worry when God is asking us to give it to Him. Sometimes we thing we’ve given it to Him, but then we find out we’re still carrying it around. Why not just give it to Him? Then He can do something with it.
It’s interesting how many times in the Bible when angels appeared unto people, the first thing they would say is, “Fear not.” When the angel appeared unto the shepherds in Luke 2:10, the first thing he said to them was ‘fear not’. AV Luke 2:10 says, “And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.” And this was to a good announcement. He was announcing the birth of Jesus, the Saviour. See, often times our overreaction isn’t just to a bad situation, but just an unknown situation. We fear what we don’t know. That’s why trusting God is so important for us. There’s so much we don’t know. He knows it all, though. He knows the end from the beginning. We don’t need to overreact. We can just trust Him that He knows what He’s doing.
AV Proverbs 3:5, “Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.”
AV Isaiah 41:10 says, “Fear thou not; for I [am] with thee: be not dismayed; for I [am] thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.”
AV Psalms 55:22 says, “Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.”
AV Luke 2:10 says, “And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.”