16) Hope Over Fear

The Black Swan Rising Podcast

The Black Swan Rising Podcast
16) Hope Over Fear
Feb 13, 2026 Season 1 Episode 16
Michael B. Rush

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Feeling the weight of apocalyptic headlines and wondering whether school, career, and long-term plans still matter? We take that anxiety head-on and offer a grounded path forward: act from hope, not fear. We draw a clear line between faith—trusting God’s character and promises—and hope—expecting those promises to become personal in your future. That shift changes how you show up for your life today, from studying and skill-building to providing for family with steady hands.

We also confront a more immediate disruptor than speculation about collapse: the accelerating wave of artificial intelligence. If systems begin improving themselves, the nature of work will change fast. Rather than freeze, we talk concrete moves—learning AI tools, choosing fields where judgment, ethics, and relationships matter, and building resilient, marketable skills. Stewardship remains our mandate. People will still eat, travel, file taxes, fix cars, and raise kids. Your competence and integrity will be needed.

Alongside practical prep, we widen the lens to a spiritual horizon. If technology lightens certain loads, disciples can invest more deeply in service that no machine can perform. We explore the gathering to Zion, the civic and logistical wisdom required for large movements of people, and the pattern of cities of refuge. We reject harmful stereotypes and remember our call to love the house of Israel. Through it all, we keep the balance: live spiritually as if the Lord returns tomorrow and temporally as if He tarries. That bifurcation breeds peace, purpose, and readiness.

If you’ve been tempted to put your future on hold, come hear why this is precisely the moment to learn, prepare, and hope. Subscribe, share this with a friend who needs encouragement, and leave a review with the one step you’ll take this week to build both skill and soul.

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