I’ve been working to keep my perspective, to guard my
soul. Here are some things I’m meditating on:
• The promises of God are still “Yes!” and “Amen!” [2Corinthians
1:20] God is not caught off-guard by
this stupid disease. Nor by the irresponsible media whipping the people to a
frenzy of fear. God has not been side-tracked.
• God will not let me be tempted (to fear, to foreboding,
to panic, to hate) beyond my ability to resist that fear. And he’s a perfect judge of [my] character.
Circumstances may feel overwhelming,
but my Father who loves me promises me that they are not. He will provide a way of escape [1Corinthians
10:13].
• My Father is both amazingly capable, and passionately
in love with me. And he’s good. Really good. I can trust my life to him, even
in the midst of fear and panic [ibid, Mark 10:18, 2Corinthians 9:8]. I’m safe
entrusting myself to his care [Isaiah 49:16, Psalm 121:4, Luke 12:32].
I observe that the daily routine of billions of people is
disrupted. Yeah, for a small fraction of the population, it’s disrupted by a
trip to the hospital. But for most of the rest of the people, it’s disruption
by a government decision.
When daily routine is disrupted, all kinds of interesting
things become possible. Sometimes people begin to think. Certainly, people are
more open to new ideas, new beliefs, new practices. That’s really quite
exciting.
And I have this growing sense that God is on the prowl,
working in the background, behind the scenes, in significant ways. I find that
I want to believe that his actions will break out into the public, and maybe
they will. But if I’m honest, when he does that, human beings quickly
administrate and publicize every little thing he does. I’m not convinced he is
thrilled with that response.
The truth is that I don’t know what’s going to happen. I’m
OK with that because I trust my Father to keep me in his hands (which is not
the same as keeping me from anything bad happening).
But in the midst of all of this three-ring circus, I can’t
shake the feeling, the growing excitement, that God is up to something good.
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