It has been a tiring couple of weeks for our world. Covid-19, or more commonly known as the Coronavirus, has instilled a spirit of fear into the hearts of every single person. While some have made jokes about the virus itself, they are fearful of what the world will come to with the reaction the virus has gotten.
My brothers and sisters in Christ, we cannot let this happen. We as believers must stand together in a time of prayer to expel this spirit of fear from our homes, our schools, our churches, and our countries. We may not know what this will all lead to, but we have to trust in God and his will. Everything that is done is within his supervision, and nothing catches him by surprise.
I have prayed, and had people pray for me, that God would give me the strength to trust him throughout the process of Service Day. I also prayed that he would continue to give me the peace to overwhelm the stress of preparing for it. God has been so generous in answering those prayers for me, and even though I am disheartened at the moment, more later, I still feel the peace of God and I trust him to do his will.
My college, Bryan College, has joined the list of the multitude of schools. Bryan College has made the right decision to extend Spring Break and has left the door open for the possibility of a few more weeks beyond the week extension. With this in mind, all of the extra-curricular activities (sports, mission trips, and our Chorale Tour) have all been canceled and will remain canceled until the school sees fit for us to return to campus. We starting the week after Spring Break, all students will be online and at home. If the school sees fit to continue online and at home for another week after our extended break, then Service Day, the event that I have been planning since August, will be canceled for the first time in its history.
While I am disheartened, God has given me the strength to trust him and a peace. This peace is not happiness but contentment in him. I am sad. I have cried, yelled, and thrown things, but one thing remains and that is Jesus. He has not failed me yet and he never will, but my emotions still stand. My trust is in him and in his plan for his plan is perfect.
The spirit of fear that this virus, this pandemic, has caused is worse than the disease itself. As believers, we must stand with each other and pray. Let us not be blind to the spiritual forces behind this making what they think is a power move. Let us not sit idly as people are worrying about the afterlife and us not tell them the good news that gives all hope. GO! Be safe, but GO! Go to work and share the gospel, more people are willing to listen and they need to hear the good news! What Satan plans to destroy, God is using to open people's hearts! Let us not waste this time that God has given us! Let us go out into our nations and scream from the mountaintops that Jesus is Lord and he is in control!
We cannot let this spirit of fear win, for if we do, then we are surely defeated. God bless and good night.
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