There are things that we Christians do that the secular world does not, such as communion, baptism and others. In other areas of life we should judge if something makes sense at all and then see what God thinks of it. Examples of this are eating a healthy diet, getting an education or leading a preparedness lifestyle. The last three examples are not religious, but are they a good idea to do?
Since preparedness isn’t a religious issue, let’s explore and see if leading this type of lifestyle makes sense at all. I’ll cover what the Bible has to say soon.
The first thing that needs to be done is to define what it means to be a Prepper. The term Prepper is used to describe someone into preparedness. Many often use the survivalist interchangeably with prepper, I am fine with that, but prepper more fits my mindset. I do not want to survive just for survivals sake; I want to be prepared for what the Lord sets before me.
Dismiss how the mainstream media portrays survivalists. In some cases they are right, but in the vast majority they are way off the mark. That being said, what qualities make a prepper a prepper?
Here are three qualifying factors that to me define a prepper. Sure there are more, but I think most traits fit under these three nicely:
1. A prepper is someone who looks for ways to enhance their life, both now and in the future.
2. A prepper is someone who looks at what around them could most negatively impact their life, and finds ways to mitigate or remove it.
3. A prepper is someone that strives to be self-sufficient and not dependent on the government for aid.
Crazy huh, these loons need to be locked up!
Now let’s take a practical look at this.
For most of human history man has hunted and gathered food and preserved it by some means, often times storing enough for winter and sometimes storing much more.
Today, many families have less then one or two weeks of food in their homes, we have become a society dependent on the grocery store.
The grocery stores use what is called a “just in time delivery”, only carrying enough perishable supplies in them to last a few days without getting re-supplied by the delivery truck.
There are so many possible breakages in the supply chain that most people are not aware off. Everything from the local weather in the country the food was grown in, to oil prices. Oil is used in almost every part of food production. From transportation to get the farmer/worker to the crop, fuel for the tractor to till the soil, for the plane or other machinery to spray the crop, for delivery to the supply depot, depot to destination and finally for the packaging.
Just this year Russia has said they will not be exporting any wheat, due to severe drought and wildfires that have plagued them this year. This may not have affected you, but it absolutely affected many through out the world.
Russia, Crippled by Drought, Bans Grain Exports
Grain, Soybeans May Surge as Russia Halts Exports
In 2008 the price of diesel was over $4.75 a gallon, if it would have gone much higher truckers could have very well decided to stay home and not lose more money.
To mitigate any effect this could have, preppers store the foods they eat on a regular basis. Because it is food they would be buying anyway, their life is enhanced by less trips to the grocery store. If one of the links in the supply chain breaks a prepper might be affected, but to a limited extent.
Read more Should You Prepare? Part Two
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