Each morning, as I process the flood of information the Lord billows about me, I prevent myself from blogging about it by asking, "is there a place I can fit this into a book in process?" When the answer is yes, I open the file and write all that comes to mind. When the answer is no, I then ask whether it should be, and if so, I create a place for it. Sometimes, certain things escape all these filters, showing that they have value here and now outside of the context of the bigger picture requiring the length of a book.
The present generation [1] living in the United States will live to see a time when they are forced to flee from their homes with only what they can carry [2]. Everything else will be worthless to them.
Knowing this eventuality, we are sandwiched between the knowledge of the eventual worthlessness of almost all of our present labors and affections on the one hand, and the need to earn our daily bread by the sweat of our brow on the other.
It is possible to be too far in one direction as we balance on the razor's edge. It's worth considering this, and deciding what changes you might make to be more realistic about what is and what is soon to be.
For example, many familiar with my writings find themselves being overly restrained in what they share with others. They do not valiantly defend what God has taught them. They do not proactively declare what God has taught them. They have learned many things they did not previously know, but no one would guess this given that they still live in almost every way as they did before they knew these things. This is not any more pleasing to God than a leafy fig tree that doesn't bear fruit.
As another example, many people are pining away their hours and days working as if they will enjoy the decades-long retirement of their parents or grandparents. It is not going to happen. You will see the day when all you worked for is taken away from you in an instant. Whether that comes when it happens to all as this country is ripped out by its roots, or whether it comes to you individually through sudden, unexpected circumstances, you will see the day. In that day, and for all eternity, you will be filled with the anguish of knowing that you could have done much more with your money, knowing there would come a day when it would be worthless. You will bemoan the good you could have done for those in abject poverty before it all turned to dust. This is not an excuse to sell all you have, give to the poor, and live as a pauper--though there is worse advice you could follow. There are many things between what you are presently doing and that level of sacrifice. The point is to invite you to reconsider so great a focus on the barns you spend so much time and effort building, which I promise you will be destroyed in an instant in a time not far distant.
The point of preparation is not to heap up sufficient goods that you will be able to endure, through temporal means, the desolation that will come. That is not going to happen. God will remove every temporal support. It will require the power of God for anyone to survive.
The point of preparation is so that when your temporal supports fail--and they will--you can turn to God and pray--as did righteous king Hezekiah in his affliction--"I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight." (Isaiah 38:3)
Consider what is coming, and be wise.
[1] - To be 100% clear, this phrase means "there are some presently living who." It doesn't mean that some people won't die before this happens. Scripturally, this phrase meant something more general, as it included those who would be translated and therefore not die. I don't mean that here. I mean that this event will occur within the next 40 years, and perhaps much sooner.
[2] - Some of you are aware that God has prepared and will prepare places of refuge to which people who hear and obey his voice will flee. These are not exempt from my statement. There will be places of refuge established by God (and many which already exist) to which people can flee, where they will be protected by the promises made by God to the individual through whom each place has been established, and where they can dwell so long as a) they abide by the minimal required 'law' of that place, and b) the conditions of the world do not exceed the power of the blessings made by God to that individual. The tribulations of the end times roll out as waves, increasing in intensity. They will reach and overcome 'the law' of each place of refuge, causing all people to either find and coalesce under the full law of God, or to be overcome, or to die along the way. Put another way, only one place of refuge will withstand all the judgments of God, and this is the kingdom of God, the city of God, ruled by Jesus Christ, the king of kings.