In many ways the world, as we once knew, it really has forever changed as a result of this global pandemic, and even though we've taken massive steps towards getting back to some kind of normalcy, there's still so much unknown isn't there. What if another wave comes back, when will there be a vaccine? what, if jobs, don't return? Will my kids be safe at school, the unknown and the uncertainty is scary.
And if you've found yourself at any point of all of this craziness feeling fear, that's understandable. no one is above feeling fear and it doesn't signal lack of faith either. Feeling fear is okay, but operating out of that fear and allowing it to control our minds and dictate our actions isn't Rather than reacting in fear we can respond to our fear in faith. In a very personal letter, Paul tells his Protégé Timothy, that the spirit God gave us isn't, one of fear, but rather one that responds to fear with power, love and self-discipline. Power, meaning strength and perseverance, love, meaning putting the needs of others first and self-discipline, meaning we pursue wise and sound judgment so in times of uncertainty when reacting in fear would lead us to give up on faith, we can respond to our fear with perseverance, believing that god's still good, rather than acting irrationally in the face of uncertainty, we can respond to our fear with sound and wise judgment, so what does this look like? practically? We can pray for our frontline workers and our governments.
We can look for opportunities to be generous. We should be responsible, wash our hands and seek to socially distance, but then we are invited to trust God for what only he can do and that's what it means to have faith over fear.
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