It’s ok if you’re afraid. But you don’t have to be.
God isn’t. He’s not scratching his head wondering how on earth he’s going to stop a pandemic, keep people working, or keep the economy afloat. Because he is already working. He’s been working this entire time.
He isn’t surprised by the spread of the virus, by your reaction to it, or your fear of it.
He always makes a way. Always.
Our world is fallen. We know this. Our souls are fallen, our attitudes are fallen, so is the soil and bacteria and our very lives. Sin breaks everything. It breaks every living thing.
We have this promise, that one day, God will make it all right again. One day, he will strip away sin and bind death. He has long since paid the price for that, and we live in the already-not-yet of his Kingdom being established on earth. There is a tension between heaven and earth that you grow more aware of over time.
But I know saying that doesn’t always help. And I’d like to just say it’s ok if that doesn’t help right now while also challenging you to cling to the promises of God.
He never promised we’d be exempt from a pandemic, but he has promised us his very character and nature, he has promised us who we are in him.
It’s ok if you feel like you don’t have enough faith to get through this. God isn’t depending on your faith to see us all through. It’s ok if you fall apart. It’s ok if you don’t feel strong, because he is strong enough, and his strength is not dependent on anyone or anything. It’s ok if all you have a mustard seed of faith…in fact! God actually said a mustard seed of faith is enough to move mountains…so…that’s kind of a lot!
It is ok for the seasoned Christians to set an example of faith for their brothers and sisters, to extend grace to overflowing, and offer compassion where able.
We are the hands and feet of Jesus Christ. We are the ones who live inside of his Way-Making.
Whatever might happen, keep worshiping. Whatever might happen, we know who holds tomorrow with it’s New Mercies. Whatever might happen, we are seen and known and looked upon with love.
He is always Enough.
“For the mountains may move and the hills disappear, but even then my faithful love for you will remain. My covenant of blessing will never be broken,ā says the LORD, who has mercy on you. Isaiah 54:10
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Very well said and so very accurate for such a time as this! Thank you for remaining positive and uplifting through these difficult days. Iām thankful God brought our paths to cross! ššā¤ļøā¤ļø Praying for you and your loved ones and all of us as we go through these times remembering we just need to trust and have faith in our Lord.
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