Israel, China, Russia, Ukraine, Pakistan, Cuba, India, Nigeria. Every single day bad news circles the globe from each of the world’s nearly two hundred nations. Yes, good things are happening too, but most of them are not reported. It’s the disasters, wars, famines, and woes that capture the press and beam onto our screens. 

But God is at work too. When awful things are happening all around us, we as Christians are called to “trust in the Lord and do good.” No matter what others are doing, we’re to have confidence that God is in control so we can “feed on His faithfulness” every day (Psalm 37:3). We can form our opinions about world conditions, and we can do what we can. We can pray and give and sometimes go.

Yet often the Lord wants us to look around us, trust Him where we are, acknowledge His reign and rule, and do the work He sets before us. So do not fret because of evildoers. The world is going to spin on its axis every 24 hours regardless of what is happening on its surface. So as the world turns, trust in its Maker and do good.

Faith cures fretting.
Charles Spurgeon