This is an extraordinary, unusual, and for most of us unprecedented time we are living in right now. Keep your eyes on Jesus, the one who counts, and remember these great truths:
FEAR – Fear is not from God. You know where that comes from, from the evil side of the spiritual realm, from that individual who has been a liar from the beginning.
PANIC – That is just an escalation of fear having its way. Fear and panic in our society right now are evident not just in the general population but especially among some of these talking head leaders that are on television way too often and often just spread uncertainty and more confusion. Some seem to almost relish giving out wildly out of line projections of how many will be sick when no evidence so far supports that.
HEALING AND HEALTH AND PROTECTION – All those scriptures in the Bible pertaining to divine healing and to God’s protection that I am always writing about and ministering in are just as true now as they always were. And they apply to coronavirus just as they apply to anything else.
NOTHING IS TOO HARD FOR GOD – Still true. God made that point himself.
ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE WITH GOD – A point made by Jesus and by Gabriel.
BELIEVERS CAN DO THE SAME THINGS JESUS DID – Jesus made that point.
SOME PERHAPS HELPFUL COMMENTS - I know it is troubling and confusing and perhaps angering to listen to all the politicians and all the media talk about this virus and plan all sorts of things. We see even in this time of national concern the evidence still of individual political priorities coming in, people criticizing and hoping to make political points, and some media and some bureaucrats seemingly easily excitable and wanting to grandstand and project all sorts of things that are just not helpful. All this is troubling and we must admit that in recent years these people have lost a lot of credibility with the public at large. Still, we have to realize people are just people. They are not God, although those who truly know the Lord can operate as he wishes and with the authority the Lord has given each believer. Believers have the guidance of the Holy Spirit. Many of those on television you see all the time today focusing on this issue may not know the Lord and they are operating in their humanness. And people make mistakes. We all do.
ONE ADDITIONAL PIECE OF ADVICE - We all need to be alert to the actions being taken by the government here and abroad. Do these actions make sense? Are they justified? Only time will tell. But as this plays out, we need to see that these temporary measures really are temporary and disappear as soon as the disease is basically over. We don’t need all those big government types, the one-world types, to put in place more harmful controls at a time of real serious concern on the part of the populace when most people are not thinking beyond the disease and how to be safe.
LAST DAYS – And one last area of comment. Yes, it is true that pestilence is one of the signs of these last days before the Lord returns. Well, you already knew we were living at the time of his soon return, so no need to be surprised by that. There are all sorts of strange happenings around the world now, as we have written about in newsletters and other publications for a long time.
In all things at all times keep your eyes on Jesus. Use the great spiritual gift of discernment that comes with the Holy Spirit to discern the truth in all situations. Be guided by the Spirit as you go forward. And live in that great peace and joy that comes with knowing the Lord. Remember, he overcame the world and in him we do too. Remember, in him you cast out demons. And remember above all, that if you are a believer, the Lord is never going to lose you.
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid. – John 14:27
(March 2020)
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