The world is in a crazy place right now. I took a spring break trip to Savannah, Georgia. It was peaceful , relaxing. We were secluded from the world.
The trip ended and I unfortunely had to step out of the little bubble I was in. I had to face the real world. It’s a mess out here.
I have so many ideas and opinions on everything thats going on. Like how our government is handling the issue, the way our economy and health care systems are failing us. But while doing my devotion, this is what I heard:
Welcome to the Unknown.
This is what I realized: COVID-19 has revealed something crucial about humanity ~ how we react to the unknown.
there are two main reactions:
our default is fear.
In the book It’s Not Supposed To Be This Way, Lysa Terkeurst says something very simple that I now have seen to be true: “Humans are very attached to outcomes”. We are obsessed with knowing how things will work out. And if we don’t know, we freak out.
The thing is, COVID-19 has ripped this security from us. It’s as if the floor has been pulled from beneath society, and now we’re panicking because we don’t know how to handle it. We’re trying, desperate for solutions and ways but we seem to be failing.And we are terrified, because we no longer have control.
I’m not terrified. I’m not scared. I have peace. Why? Because I know who’s in control. Welcome to the Unknown
there are a few, a select few that react in this second way, and as a child of God, you should be one of them. I hope this is your response: to have peace.
We do not fear because we understand we do not have control. And we’re okay with not having control because we know The One who is in control.
And for us, this crisis isn’t a crisis. The Unknown is a familiar place. Like Lysa also says, we tie our hopes not to outcomes, but to the promises of God. And we are not afraid.
We always live not by sight, not by fear, but by faith. This is how you have peace in the Unknown.
Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High
Psalms 91:1-2
will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress,
my God, in whom I trust.”
