Can God Save the World
🔥 💔⛪ Wildfires Burned Everything 🌱 But Faith Grows Back✝️
The massive wildfires🔥🔥 in L.A. continue to shake us to the core. Over 30,000 acres scorched, thousands of structures burned to rubble, and among them, many beautiful churches lost to the flames. As I watch the devastation unfold, one question keeps pounding in my heart: Can God really save the world?
God has a perfect plan, at perfect timing. I’ve clung to this belief for years,. It has been my anchor during personal tragedies. But now, my heart wavers. The sheer scale of destruction stretches that belief thin, like a safety net strained under too much weight. Meanwhile, the faces of survivors flash across the TV screen, their voices steady with faith:
“I’m grateful I got out of the fire.”
“We’ve lost everything, but I know God will help us rebuild.”
Their devotion is inspiring. And yet, I couldn’t help but wonder: Where was God before the flames started? Why do prayers sometimes feel like paper boats swept away in a storm?
On this cold, windy Sunday morning, I went to my church. My questions smoldered in my chest. My heart felt heavy, and my faith teetered on the edges. But as I sat there, something shifted. I walked out not with answers, but with hope and a realization:
Maybe God doesn’t save the world. Maybe God saves us, one by one.
And we are the world.
Rumi once said, “You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean in a drop.” As I prayed for those caught in the wildfires, Rumi’s words resonated with me like never before. The world isn’t a single entity — it’s woven from each of us, every thread carrying the potential to rebuild, to heal, and to love. If the world is an orchestra, we are the individual instruments. God may not play the symphony for us, but He tunes us, helping us create harmony together.
When God saves us — through faith, resilience, and love — we carry that salvation forward. We rebuild homes, comfort neighbors, and spark hope in places that seemed beyond saving.
Faith isn’t a shield from life’s hardships. It’s more like a compass, guiding us through the storms. The wildfires didn’t spare churches, but they didn’t extinguish faith either. And maybe that’s the real miracle: not that we escape the flames, but that we rise from the ashes, holding each other up.
So, can God save the world? Maybe not in the Hollywood-ending way we often imagine. But He can save you, me, and the person next to you. And together, we are the world. A world that, no matter how scarred, still holds the capacity to heal, to rebuild, and to hope.
Yes, God saves us all.
#LAFires #stayfaithful #staystrong #resilience
