On Wednesday night (via the internet live feed) I preached from James 4:13-16.
There are many things we are unsure about right now.
– Will school start back this year at all?
– Are we going to get sick?
– Will people close to use get sick?
– Do I/we have enough money to survive?
– When will we ever be able to meet again?
– Will there be any sports this spring/summer?
And in all honesty and transparency, I don’t know the answer to those questions. It is a very unsettling feeling having to admit that we “do not know what tomorrow will bring.”
But God’s word teaches us that we should never think we know anyways. We don’t know as much as we think we do. It pushes us to depend on the strong truth that God knows. God knows. God surely knows all the things that we don’t know. He knows all things.
That should settle us.
Let me show you a great example of this trust and faith. In 2 Corinthians 12:9-10, the apostle Paul is talking about how weak he is and how God’s grace is sufficient for Him even in his weaknesses. Then he says this “For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.”
He is content in … CALAMITIES.
A calamity is defined as a great misfortune or disaster.
This global pandemic Coronavirus is a calamity and hardship. It’s awful and scary.
And as we admit how unsettling this situation is may we turn our faith and dependence to the Lord Jesus Christ. May we be content in Him.
For when we are weak, then we are strong!