Hey y’all. I’m so sorry I’ve
been MIA for so long on the blog. These past few weeks have been so overwhelming
it's insane, but y’all are all going thought the same things so I’m sure you
understand. I don’t know about you guys but personally, as a guy whose love
languages are personal time and physical touch this quarantine period has felt extremely
disheartening as if I’m completely separated from everything; my friends, my
family(even though we’ve all been stuck in the same house for the past 2 months),
and God. So, I think its rather funny how this week’s subject is about these struggles.
Granted I don’t think DJ could have dreamed up the struggles going on right now
but it's funny how God gave us this week’s topic to tell us we are not alone.
At
the beginning of this week’s sermon DJ talks about the supernatural aspect of
believing in the devil and the demonic. I thought this was rather interesting as
I personally think that the supernatural is really fun. Real-life demons might not
be fun but the idea behind what demons were back then and the whole subject
just interests me for some reason, I’m weird, I guess. So, I got hooked into
this sermon from the beginning. But I think when he listing off the 2 implications,
I really started to see how this message was a gift from God this week.
Implication 1(Personal): “We need no longer fear the evil
one in his desire to destroy.”
We don’t need to fear what is coming. Though this may
be a stressful time between homework, being confined, and worrying about the
future we need not worry. God has it all in his hands and has a plan for the
future for each and every one of us. Crazy as it is, this is all part of that plan.
Implication 2(Social): “Jesus has given his disciples
his authority over the demonic.”
Sadly, I don’t think this means we have authority over
any virus. I don’t think that anyone can go out and demand in God's name that
the virus disappears and then SNAP it’ll be gone. I also don’t think this means
that just because we believe in God, we are immune to catching the virus. I
think here what God is saying to me is that the world is out of my control. I don’t
control the government, I don’t control the virus, I don’t control overpriced
college education, I don’t control my politics teacher that decided that we need
to take a quiz and write 2 essays every week to account for not being in person.
Pretty much I control nothing. But I can control how I feel. The stress, the
depression, the lack of motivation, all the negative feeling the devil is
extending to us through this time, I control whether I harbor them and give the
devil what he wants or take the power that God has given me and relieve myself
of these feeling by handing them over to God.
So, I
just want to close out by reminding everyone that you are not alone during this
time, even if it feels like you are. When you feel lost, alone, worried, and/or
depressed just remember that that is the devil trying to discourage you and you
have the power to battle back. Go read your Bible, go for a walk, call a friend
(and if you feel like you want to talk to someone but you feel like you’re
going to be a bother, call me I’m always happy to chat). I’m gonna end this
with a quick prayer real quick.
Yahweh, thank you for your faithfulness
and power. I just ask that during this time you make your hand evident to your
people down here on earth. You know the pain and sorrows we are going through
down here and I know you weep for us. So, help us have faith, persistence, and
hope during this crazy period in our lives. We know you have a plan for us and
that everything that’s happening is part of your righteous plans even if we can’t
see it at the moment. Allow us to use this experience to grow in our relationship
with you and ourselves so that we can continue to be a beacon of your love for
others.
Hope to see y’all soon,
-Trevor
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