What does the Bible really say about prepping for hard times? Should Christians be preppers? Let’s Crack Your Bible to find out!
⭐ “Go to the ant, O sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise. Without having any chief, officer, or ruler, she prepares her bread in summer and gathers her food in harvest.
How long will you lie there, O sluggard? When will you arise from your sleep? A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and want like an armed man.” – Proverbs 6:6-11 ESV
🥯 PREPARE WHILE TRUSTING IN JESUS ✝️
While you cannot out prep the Beast System or assume that your preps will save you, it is wise and Biblical to prepare for hard times.
- It is much easier to buy and store food when you have money, than it is to pray that God helps you stumble upon a bag of rice or a drink of water in a great depression or famine. If you’re hungry and thirsty, you might sell out to the Antichrist for less than Esau’s bowl of soup.
- Don’t take for granted that stores will have food and supplies for you to purchase at a moment’s notice. This quarantine has shown us that that is not the case. Likewise, don’t take water and electricity that you have now for granted either.
🌾 PREPARING TAKES TIME 👩🌾
When people think they can quickly prep for inflation… Ummm lol.
Canning takes time, dehydrating takes time, freeze drying takes time and gardening takes the most time. In my small Harvest Right freeze dryer with an oil-free pump, this is what I can process in 1 whole week in back to back loads, constantly running 24/7:
⚠️ (My separate Freeze Drying Experiment Instagram)
🚫 LIVING OFF OTHER PEOPLE’S PREPS ISN’T A PLAN 🚫
Don’t assume that your neighbors / friends / family will share their supplies with you. It’s your job to prepare to take care of your own household. People are not likely to take on another mouth to feed simply because you’re related in really hard times.
⭐ “Do not forsake your friend and your father’s friend, and do not go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity.
Better is a neighbor who is near than a brother who is far away. Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him who reproaches me. The prudent sees danger and hides himself, but the simple go on and suffer for it.” – Proverbs 27:10-12 ESV
