The Coronavirus is a national and worldwide "timeout" sent to us by God.
Our work, sports, entertainment, movie theaters, bars and eat-in restaurants have all been shut down and closed.
This has happened to give us a chance to forget about our idols and to:
- Focus on God, your relationship to God
- Rebuild and reconnect with our families and create good memories with them
- To serve our neighbors
- Not to hoard, not to be scared or panic and to be good stewards of the bounty of a great nation that God has given us.
Food will be delivered on time, toiletries will be delivered on time and other products will be delivered to the stores on time.
All those things you need will be delivered to the stores on time and in the quantities needed.
You may not get what you want, but you will get what you need.
If people stop panicking, there would be plenty to go around.
God has given us the 10 Commandments.
That's a good starting point.
Two additional commandments are
- To love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul and with all your mind, and,
- To love your neighbor as yourself.
God is asking us to turn away from all sin and from all the idols: online sports, video games and entertainment such as Netflix, Hulu, Prime Video and HBO Now etc.
He is asking us to set aside shopping online. Stop buying things on Amazon, eBay, Wish or a million other sites.
Do this just for now, just for the time being, just for this time out, then go back to watching and buying those things online again as you feel is necessary.
Obey the rules and guidelines the government has given you for this time for these are from God.
We are all children of God. God sent His Only Begotten Son Jesus to die for us.
The blood of Jesus has washed us clean of our sins if we only accept this free gift as it was given.
God is asking us right now to accept His gift and set aside our sins and idols (and an idol is anything that interferes with or supercedes our relationship to God), and focus on following the 10 Commandments + 2 + 1 - Love all as God loves you.
And remember, you are worthy of being loved.
Cook your own food from fresh, unprocessed food or order for delivery from those restaurants in your area. Avoid fast foods and greasy foods.
Honor your soul, honor your body, honor your spirit.
You honor your body by treating it with care and respect. Keep it clean. Wear clean, fresh clothes. Groom daily.
Honor your body where possible by getting outdoors and walking or by yoga, meditation, reading, working out or exercise, or by any other means that honors the body and does not dishonor God.
God is asking us to come to Him, to fight through every obstacle in our lives - our money, our work, our careers, sports, entertainment, gambling, sex, alcohol, drugs or crime - to set all these aside - and find Him.
We are not to judge between each other. That is God's job which He has given to His Son Jesus to administer.
Our job is to love all equally, not to judge, not to call another a sinner, because we all are sinners.
We are to love all equally, treat all equally and set aside our politics, our hatreds and divisions, our religions and denominations, our beliefs and our rights and wrongs and simply honor each other equally as God does and as we honor God.
From now on, and after this moment of travail has passed, focus not on your work, your career, politics, money or wealth or stock, your home or other possessions.
Focus on God.
Focus on God and on being a good steward of those things He has given you.
Focus on doing what is right.
Open your Bible and read it, pray to God and listen, ask questions, seek to hear His voice, then do what He says. And what He says will never contradict the 10 Commandments + 2 + 1.
God wants us to do good to one another, to help one another, to love one another.
He wants us to store up treasures in heaven by honoring each other and by honoring ourselves.
Your body is God's temple and home, treat it as such. Treat others the same way.
Finally, God says if we do all these things the coronavirus will disappear and life will return to normal quickly.
If we do not do these things, judgment will come quickly.
God says; "Go, and sin no more."
Love yourself as God loves you.
You are worthy of being loved.
Love your neighbors; all men, all women, are your neighbors, regardless of their sexual identity or their sexual orientation.
Such things are God's business, not yours.
Obey the 10 Commandments + 2 + 1 (Love all equally), and honor your body.
Open your Bible, read it, pray, communicate with your family and friends, go online to do this as necessary, repent of your sins, ask Jesus into your heart and love yourself as God loves you.
Commit all your sins, worries, fears, concerns, hatreds and angers and bad memories to the Lord Jesus. Forgive all those who have done you wrong.
Jesus heals, He can and will heal you.
Be at peace, for all is well in the Lord.
