Is the end coming quickly or a thousand years away?

Is the end coming quickly or a thousand years away?

The sky is dark

The sky is light

The Day of the Lord comes

Like a thief in the night.

So much to understand

So much to learn

Is prophecy fulfilled in our time

Can these events we discern?

For disturbances in the sky

And events upon the ground

Seem to say the end is near

Where is there refuge to be found?

Will you take me before the trial that is to come upon the earth

While we sing of a Savior and the humble estate of his birth

So we can eternally proclaim his glory

And sing to the Lamb of God of his immeasurable worth?

Or will we endure the days ahead as witnesses to the end

Surely that is not too much to ask from One who called us friend

To see with our own eyes and even suffer now and then

Until the day the world proclaims him Lord and every knee does bend?

But this day I am troubled

Wrapped in the things of worldly struggle

Praying, Lord reveal to me this day

My part in this cosmic puzzle.

And so my Bible reveals words that seem to stand alone

Yet my fingers scrolls without my guide to the same words on my phone

And then the wisdom of the ancients

Is now clearly seen and fully known.

That we are to trust him

Not just in our mind but with our hearts

Even when his direction

Conflicts with what our knowledge does impart.

And we show this trust in earnest

When all we do we do for him

And give him praise and thanksgiving, so that

He sets our sails and rudder on the wisest course time and time again.

For it matters not the hour

Or the weather, day, or time

Such transient things do pass away

But his words are forever mine.

No storm or human calamity

Can snatch away my life

For I have all my trust in him

I trust fully in God and in his Christ.

Trust in the Lord with all your heart
    and lean not on your own understanding;
 in all your ways submit to him,
    and he will make your paths straight.

Proverbs 3:5-6