What do you do when your start losing your faith, and things start to feel hopeless?

Question

I start realizing how extremely large, crazy, dysfunctional, and just insane the world is, with no order of any kind, and how crazy humanity is. I also see how many people think according to selfish, or even "satanic" principle, meaning, having absolutely no faith, or minds that are "hardwired" to think about money money money, work work work, self self self, when you start realizing that this whole WORLD operates according to this world system. Education, teachers, loans, salaries, businesses, banks, towns, municipalities, technology even, EVERYTHING seems to just suck people in thinking about THAT stuff 24/7, and their minds become totally focused and preoccupied on that, survival, and they lose their faith or never had any in God, and they become completely self-serving, and some people become aggressive, and just total snakes.

For example, some people look for 1001 ways to sue you, some cops look for 1001 ways to bust you, medical/pharma industries look for 1001 illnesses to diagnose you with, criminals look for 1001 ways to take what they want,

businesses look for 1001 ways to get money from you,

and each day, people like me who are TRULY trying desperately to believe in "biblical godly principals" and be good people,

are getting used, abused, played, and totally sucked into this whole "worldly" way of doing things.

For example, when I have to go to court, hire a lawyer and fight off someone who might have sued me for something or complained about something, I wasn't even guilty of, the things I have to go through, think, various scenarios....it becomes a sick sick sick game, which no person of God wants to go through, yet,

that's what this whole world is.

A huge godless experience.

And many godless men are VERY powerful.

Look at Hollywood. All they do is money, produce movies/products, ets, which works b/c it sucks in so many people to abide by it, and just follow it, then we have 1001 other influences too.

SO my question is,

WHAT do you possibly do, when you start realizing that this real world is just screwed up, and you start losing your faith because it starts to feel hopeless?

I mean I even watch movies, where the actors, even when you watch interviews with them, are completely mocking life, the world, they enjoy acting but have absolutely NO respect, credibility,or anything towards real life. Some do, many don't.

How do we handle all of this?

Answer 1

I get myself help.  Seriously.  I live in the land of cops and lawsuits, but if I get to the place where I cannot see any hope, I will seek help (and I have been there).

I can recommend turning off the television and canceling your newspaper subscription for awhile (I did).  

I can recommend getting together with people you know and trust for coffee or lunch (I did).

There are still many good people in this world.  Many.  Start by recognizing you are one of them.  If not, change that.

Answer 2

Welcome to the reality club. Now read Dark Night of the Soul by St John of the Cross. A Spanish Mystic he was far lower emotionally and saw matters far clearer and still retained the presence of mind to author a timeless classic on the subject.

Answer 3

Welcome to reality! And also to Atheism

Answer 4

It is God's joy that loves us...

God's love begins with joy that appreciates its friends...

The great open-ended promise of God:

If you ask to receive something then you will receive what you ask for

(although not necessarily when you want it)...

All good hopes will become expectations which are then fulfilled...

Our faith delights in the expectation of a promise before it fulfils the promise...

Anais Nin:

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.

Reinhold Niebuhr (American theologian, 1892-1971):

God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, courage to change the things that can be changed, and the wisdom to distinguish one from the other.

Answer 5

Sweetie, it looks that way now, and I totally know where you're coming from, but make sure you continue in the ways of the Lord, there are not that many of us around who want to live Godly lives, and if we continue to do as the Lord expects of us, the Lord will not let us down.

I know it feels crappy and hopeless, so much of the time, but we have to hang in. You have to live the way GOD intended. Let's face it, as Pastor Greg Laurie said in one of his Sermons, when we do just the slightest sin and feel bad, THAT'S A GOOD THING, it shows God is working on us, but the world can care less. They sin and they LOVE IT, they want to s***w people over all the time.

Don't ever listen to those men/women who will try and sucker you in, just laugh and KNOW Jesus is in control, he won't be mocked that much longer, the days are short, stay on guard, be as wise as a serpent and gentle as a dove, they're all around us, you know this already, worldly, scum sucking leeches that would do anything to have their way with us. It's up to us, in the bigger scheme of things to tell them to GET LOST. Remember, we not only know the truth, we will have the last laugh.

Edit: I must say, when I say, we will have the last laugh, that sounds bad, but all I really mean by it is, when some people mock us, for having faith in Christ, and they think we're from Mars, they're the ones who will be lost in the end, since they didn't want to listen to what we had to say, so they may laugh now, but in the end......

Answer 6

We shouldn't be surprised at the condition of this world, at 2Tim 3:1-5 we are told that critical times hard to deal with will be what is befalling all of mankind at the time of the end. James 4:4 tells us that friendship with the world will constitute or make us an enemy of God. How would a person be a friend of this world. Friends normally do things together, they associate with one another, do the same things together. So, if we are a friend to this world we would do the same things that this world does= celebrate holidays that that's origin is in paganism, go to war, involve ourselves in any groups(including religious) that set themselves as the ones that will bring about world peace. There are three things that are creator says will be destroyed at His day (Armageddon), they are 1.Wickedness, 2. False religion, & 3 worldly government. If we stay clear of these and not get involved with them, we do not try to help them nor do we try to get rid of them, we are not involved with them in any way-shape-or form. The next step is given to us at John 17:3, where it tell us how we can get everlasting life in a , peaceful, perfect world, where death will be no more(Rev 21:1-4).  In Romans 10:13 is says everyone that calls on the name of God(Psalms 83:18- King James) will be saved. Acts 15:14 tell us that God will take out a people for his name. The Bible also tells us the truth will set you free, free from what- this world and all it's corruption. Knowing the truth, will give us hope, which restores our faith in God and His coming New Order.