How should we live in a world that’s constantly shaking? Just a few minutes of watching the news or scrolling on social media can make your heart race! But you don’t have to let the events of our world dictate your life. Pastor Jeremy shows us how to live with calm confidence, not cultural anxiety, in 2026.
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Unshakeable in 2026
God was in control then. He is in control now.
You will make it through the shaking in your world—not by your own strength, but because God is sustaining you.
“At this, Daniel went in to the king and asked for time, so that he might interpret the dream for him.
Daniel 2:16-18 (NIV)
Then Daniel returned to his house and explained the matter to his friends Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah. He urged them to plead for mercy from the God of heaven concerning this mystery, so that he and his friends might not be executed with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.”
When the world is shaking, our first response shouldn’t be panic—it should be prayer, and inviting others to stand with us.
Prayer works…. In you every time.
“The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.”
James 5:16b (NIV)
“Your Majesty looked, and there before you stood a large statue—an enormous, dazzling statue, awesome in appearance. The head of the statue was made of pure gold, its chest and arms of silver, its belly and thighs of bronze, its legs of iron, its feet partly of iron and partly of baked clay. While you were watching, a rock was cut out, but not by human hands. It struck the statue on its feet of iron and clay and smashed them.”
Daniel 2:31-34 (NIV)
“Your Majesty…You are that head of gold. After you, another kingdom will arise, inferior to yours. Next, a third kingdom, one of bronze, will rule over the whole earth. Finally, there will be a fourth kingdom, strong as iron—for iron breaks and smashes everything—and as iron breaks things to pieces, so it will crush and break all the others.
Just as you saw that the feet and toes were partly of baked clay and partly of iron, so this will be a divided kingdom; yet it will have some of the strength of iron in it, even as you saw iron mixed with clay. As the toes were partly iron and partly clay, so this kingdom will be partly strong and partly brittle.
In the time of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will crush all those kingdoms and bring them to an end, but it will itself endure forever.”
Daniel 2:37-42, 44 (NIV)
- Babylonian Empire 625-539 B.C. – (Gold)
- Medo-Persian Empire 539-331 B.C. – (Silver)
- Greek Empire 331-63 B.C. – (Bronze)
- Roman Empire 63 B.C.-476 C.E. – (Iron and Mixed Materials)
- God’s Eternal Kingdom – (Rock)
Earthly kingdoms will rise and kingdoms will shake and fall, but God’s Kingdom will remain unshaken.
“Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures:
“‘The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone; this was the Lord’s doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?
…And the one who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; and when it falls on anyone, it will crush him.”
Matthew 21:42,44 (NIV)
They anchored their hope in Jesus, and that informed them of how they lived.
How should we live in a world that is constantly shaking?
1. Anchor Your Inner World Before You React to the Outer World.
Because stability doesn’t start around you—it starts within you.
Guard what you consume.
Guard your thoughts.
“For God has not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.”
2 Timothy 1:7 (NIV)
2. Let God’s Word Interpret the Headlines.
Stay informed but refuse to be obsessed.
Engage the world, but don’t let it define your worldview.
3. Live with Calm Confidence, Not Cultural Anxiety.
Anxiety leads to living in survival mode, not an abundant life.
4. Build Your Life on What Will Stand.
“Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash.”
Matthew 7:24-27 (NIV)
If your life is built on Jesus, and you understand that you are a citizen of an eternal kingdom, you will be unshakeable.