We have never been here before. That is one reason that this situation is so hard. Many have characterized it as worse than the tragedy of September 11, 2001. No matter the case we have much ahead of us.
It is my opinion that things will not be the same when this is over. There will be a new normal. In the struggles ahead we will experience things we have never experienced.
We can make our plans. We can strategize, but there is not telling what is ahead and how it will all play out. We will get there. This will end.
The most important thing is we do not give us. This virus will not end the world. It is not going to steal our faith.
We will press on. Paul said it best.
Philippians 3:12-16 NASB
Not that I have already obtained it or have already become perfect, but I press on so that I may lay hold of that for which also I was laid hold of by Christ Jesus.13 Brethren, I do not regard myself as having laid hold of it yet; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead, 14 I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. 15 Let us therefore, as many as are perfect, have this attitude; and if in anything you have a different attitude, God will reveal that also to you; 16 however, let us keep living by that same standard to which we have attained.
We haven’t arrived, but this is not the end.
There is a great result and reward ahead of us.
We must learn from what we have and what we are going through.
Pressing on takes faith and courage.
Check your attitude. Check it often.
God is in control, and thus we keep on living.
Friends, this coronavirus pandemic will not define us. Let’s allow the facts God gives us be the definition and the passion that helps us push through and see the constant victories that He, our great and gracious God, has laid up for us. There is much ahead.
That’s why we will not dwell in the present. I will focus on God and the future He has prepared!
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