“It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man.” – Psalm 118:8
COVID-19—who would have thought it would still be wreaking havoc at the end of 2021?
How did this virus go from being dangerous for our physical health to damaging our relationships, our economy, our emotional state, and our churches?
We have all allowed this to some degree—me included! We have taken our eyes from the One we should trust completely and turned our eyes to the world for our solutions. We have allowed worldviews to enter every part of our lives. “Do what they say.” “Don’t do what they say.” We hear it all, every day, through our human ears. We have been conditioned by the media and our government to live our life based on fear, not on God.
Do I believe COVID is serious? You bet! I know people (some very close) who have died of COVID—some vaccinated and some not. I have known some who have died suspiciously after being vaxed or been healthy after. I know families torn apart because of different views, and so on.
Over my lifetime I have witnessed a faithful God, and yet I struggle to trust Him with everything. If He is in total control, and we can completely trust Him, what does that really look like? Does it mean that He will tell us all to do the same thing about COVID? Maybe not. He has created us all individually. But what I do believe is that He is not overly concerned with what I do about COVID, but He is always concerned with the condition of my heart.
Have I let my heart focus on thinking I am right? Have I let my heart not care about others and how they are suffering? Have I created division in my home—in my church? Maybe and maybe not.
So, what is it all about? The basic question is, “Am I trusting God with everything—my health (spiritual, emotional, and physical), my relationships, my finances, our business, our family, our friends?” If I know He gave me everything I have and it is all His, then no matter where I am at on the COVID scale, I will not let it change that I am a child of God. I will fight, but it will be to stay tight with God and listen for Him to direct me in all areas of my life.
I hope you will agree with me, and we can take our eyes off COVID and put our eyes where they belong. Trust God—He gives us every day of our lives; we need to live it according to His plans, not those of others!
