The Real Virus Is Fear

There is a virus that is attacking and ravaging this country but it is not Covid-19.   It is fear.  This fear is being spread by people who want us to believe that unless we embrace their fear, wear their stupid masks, close our businesses, bar the doors of our churches and wait to receive our little checks from the all-benevolent federal government we are somehow responsible for their sickness.

This Covid-19 is a virus, not that much unlike most other viruses. You that are so fearful should realize you will likely have to deal with it.  Millions already have, very few get sick enough to be hospitalized.   Fortunately the survival rate is well over 99%

However if you want to embrace the fear you are welcome to quarantine yourself.  Stay locked in your houses, wear a face mask, stay 6 feet away from me and all reasonable people and you can figure out when it is safe enough for you to come out.

We will no longer accept what others have determined to be winners and losers.  We are no longer interested in the endless updates from experts that seem to change their minds on precautions and consequences daily.  

We are not "all in this together".  You have had your say, I'm going back to work.  I am ready to get my fast pass.

What the Bible has to say about time

Here are a few selections:

Ecclesiastes 3:1-8  For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;

2 Peter 3:8  But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

Psalm 90:12 So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom.

Ephesians 5:16  Making the best use of the time, because the days are evil.

The beginning of a new year is an ideal time to stop, look up, and get our bearings.

1. What's one thing you could do this year to increase your enjoyment of God?

2. In which spiritual discipline do you most want to make progress this year, and what will you do about it?

3.  What one thing could you do to improve your prayer life this year?

4. What single thing that you plan to do this year will matter most in 10 years? In eternity?