With all the craziness going on around us, how are we, the church, suppose to behave? With the never-ending influx of fear inducing news being broadcast over our television sets, we have become a nation of nervous and uneasy people. I think I have heard the name “Covid’ over a thousand times since its inception. Now its a crazy combination of Covid-19, face mask, BLM, LGBTQ and murder Hornets!
Just recently some of the Hollywood elites and billionaires have been exposed for their gruesome child trafficking and pedophilia rings. These greedy, lusty pregnant powerhouses will have their day, either now, or later on the day of judgement.
Remember, God is Sovereign. Yes, I will say it again, God is Sovereign and that means He is in control of everything. As R.C. Sproul says, “…there is not one maverick molecule God is not in control of. He is not only in control of all things, He ordained all things!”
Yes, the Lord God has ordained everything that comes to pass. Listen to what scripture says in Isaiah 46:10…
“Declaring the end from the beginning,
And from ancient times
things that are not yet done,
Saying, ‘My counsel shall stand,
And I will do all My pleasure.”
Listen to what John C. Johnston wrote in his Classic work on the Covenanters’ concerning the Sovereignty of God during a crisis,
“It was the stern and tremendous theology of John Calvin which gave birth to the Covenanters, and perhaps no other theology could have been of any service in an iron age like theirs. What they learned from it was an awesome sense of the sovereignty of God, a passion for righteousness and liberty, a sense of the vast issues of human destiny, and above all a resoluteness and certainty of faith which made them like the glittering sword of God amid the demoralization of their times.”
When we truly grasp this awesome reality, we no longer become circumstantial Christians. Another words, circumstances do not change our faith.
As John Piper once said, if we come to God for any other reason than God Himself, we come in vain. We did not come to Christ for life enhancement, we came to Christ for Christ! God had told Abraham in Genesis “Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.
God had told Abraham, that God Himself was his reward! Abraham came to God for God!
If we are truly God’s people, it matters not whether we are thrown in a hole somewhere, burned alive, or living in in a mansion. We are safe and satisfied. Whether in life or death, we belong to God. Whether the coronavirus, obsessive mask wearing, communism, socialism, wicked-woke, or threats from the elites, we have God.
The Lord knows the beginning from the end.
So, when the heathen say, “Where is your God now?” (Psalm 115:2)
We will say, But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased. (Psalm 115:3)
So how are we to behave? We are to remain trusting, peaceful, calm, confident, and bright. Let’s continue to be the salt and light. Let’s continue to be about our Father’s business and if we perish, we perish. Go, Stand, and Speak!
A Slave for Christ,
Jeff Rose
