Isaiah 8:12 Do not call conspiracy everything this people calls a conspiracy; do not fear what they fear and do not dread it. (NIV)

We live in the age of conspiracy, or at the very least, the age of conspiracy theories. There is the Kennedy Conspiracy, the Roswell Conspiracy, the Vaccine Conspiracy, the Illumanati, the Trilateral Commission, the Lincoln Conspiracy, the Clinton Conspiracies, the Russian Altered Election Conspiracy, the Fake News Conspiracy. Oh my, i even heard from a reliable source that Captain America was really a Nazi-loving member of Hydra.

So what is true and what isn’t? What if we aren’t paranoid, but “They” are really out to get us?

Our enemies, both physical and spiritual, cannot keep truth hidden forever.  However, we can become so inundated with conspiracies and conspiracy theories (and news and fake news and fake fake news) that it has become nearly impossible to detect what is true and what is not. (Is that the Conspiracy Conspiracy?)

Of course, this applies to our entire belief system.  There are so many conflicted beliefs, facts, and opinions, it’s hard to focus on what really is true.  Our focus needs focus (apologies to the Karate Kid).

Paul writes in First Corinthians, “I resolve to know nothing among you except Christ Jesus and Him crucified.”  Yes, we should be concerned about what is going on in the world; but our focus must always be primarily on what is above.

Isaiah 8:13 goes on to tell us, “You are to regard only the Lord of Hosts as holy. Only He should be feared; only He should be held in awe.”

What if things go amiss?

Call 911.  Psalm 91:1, that is. “Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.”