What is the “good news” in a world where nearly everything we see—whether on television, the radio, or the deadliest of all devices, our cell phones—seems to scream otherwise?
Every podcast, post, broadcast, and headline pushes the same message: there is more wrong with the world than we can possibly handle. Whether right or left, the news cycle stokes insecurity, ego, and fear. It feeds on our anxiety because anxiety keeps us watching. I’ve told my kids many times—the news is not truly about informing. It is a business, and like every business, it survives by selling a product. That product is not truth; it is your attention. And attention is bought with fear.
On one side, I’ve heard people insist “they want to make all of our kids gay.” On the other, I’ve heard claims that anyone with a conservative view must hate immigrants and want them deported. These extremes aren’t about truth—they’re about keeping us engaged, divided, and upset. Division sells. Fear sells. Negativity sells.
But here is where the good news breaks through. The good news is not a headline. The good news is not another opinion shouted across a screen. The good news is what God has already given us. He gave us His Word, an instruction manual for living; The Bible. And more than that—God Himself reduced His station to take on flesh as Jesus Christ, showing us humility, forgiveness, service, and love.
It takes discipline to resist the pull of the world’s outrage machine. It takes steadfast believers to hold firm to God’s Word rather than be ensnared by the world’s attempt at damnation. Anxiety may be low-grade atheism, but faith is the antidote. The discipline of turning away from noise and tuning into the Spirit is the only way to live free.
So, my brothers and sisters, though I come to you through the same medium that so often spreads division, I urge you—turn it off. Make space for God. Let your heart and mind dwell not on the headlines but on the Good News of Christ, who created the heavens and the earth, who conquered death, and who sets before us a path of love and grace that leads to eternity.
That is the only news worth living by.
Amen.
“Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—His good, pleasing and perfect will.” — Romans 12:2
Prayer:
Lord, help us to shut out the noise of this world and hear only Your truth. Give us discipline to resist fear, and courage to stand steadfast in Your Word. May our hearts rest in the Good News of Jesus Christ, who gives us peace, hope, and eternal life. Amen.
