2 Timothy 1:7 “For
God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a
sound mind.”
According to the Internet, the
2019–20 coronavirus pandemic is an ongoing global pandemic of
coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a global health emergency. In
humans,
corona viruses cause respiratory tract infections that are
typically mild, such as the common cold, though rarer forms such as SARS, MERS,
and COVID-19 can be lethal. The virus first emerged in Wuhan, Hubei,
China, in December 2019. As of today, March 15, 2020, over 169,000 cases
of the disease have been reported in over 140 countries and territories. More
than 6,500 people have died and over 76,000 have recovered. This is a serious
situation and must be treated with a healthy respect and precautionary measures
for prevention and retention of wide-spread infestation. But, a morbid fear, extreme
anxiety disorder, irrational panic and socially chaotic behavior is not one of
them. I’ve witnessed the “panic shopping” taking place today and it is
alarming.
A pathological fear of
catching any germs and infection is called “germ phobia”. This is a kind
of obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). The word phobia comes
from the Greek: φόβος (phóbos), meaning "aversion",
"fear" or "morbid fear". The regular system for naming
specific phobias to use prefix based on a Greek word for the
object of the fear, plus the suffix -phobia. Phobia, an extreme, irrational
fear of a specific object or situation. A phobia is classified as a type
of anxiety disorder, a continual and non-sensical fear of a
particular scenario, item, or act, that is consequently either strenuously
abstained from or endured with characterized distress.
Matthew 10:28 “And
do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. But
rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.”
Organized preventative
practices, such as cancelling of large gatherings of people and events, closing
of venues, and public places, temporary termination of sports and cruise lines
have been implemented, and even moving church services to online and
live-stream broadcasting to create distancing between people and minimized
direct contact to mitigate and elongate the disease’s impact on populace. Our
church closed their campus doors this morning and presented a special online
Sunday Church Service with Pastor Kyle and Pastor Obie @ https://video.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?fr=yhs-goodsearch-goodsearch_yhs&hsimp=yhs-goodsearch_yhs&hspart=goodsearch&gdpr=0&p=youtube+Special+Online+Service%3A+3+Things+I+Learned+From+Being+Quarantined#id=1&vid=c959e5de0052ab7b9a757d8ca64ba567&action=click. Click this link and hear how Pastor Obie survived and overcame the contraction of "active" tuberculosis while in the mission field and the spiritual lessons learned through the experience. You will be blessed by his message.
1 John 4:14-19 “We
have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son as Savior of
the world. Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in
him, and he in God. And we have known and believed the love that God has
for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and
God in him. Love has been perfected among us in this: that we
may have boldness in the Day of Judgment; because as He is, so are we in this
world. There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because
fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in
love. We love Him because He first loved us.”
Fear not, our Lord God, the
Maker of the Cosmos and everything that lives and has breath, has the power in His loving and merciful hand, and
is in complete control, so you may have peace in the storm.
In Christ, Brian
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