Langenburg Evangelical Fellowship

Lifting Up Christ, Transformed by His Love; Serving Others

410 Wells Avenue East, Box 275 Langenburg, SK, S0A 2A0 Canada

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Langenburg Evangelical Fellowship - a small church in southern Saskatchewan which promotes authentic worship of God, is Christ-centered, and holds the Bible as being divinely inspired and authoritative.

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God Ignores Quarantine - Is Still Everywhere!

March 25, 2020  /  Administrator LEF

Full disclosure: this is not my headline.  I found this on The Babylon Bee, and it immediately brought a smile to my face, so I wanted to share it with you, including this little nugget… “Hospitals, nursing homes, prisons -- wherever He is needed, God is going.”

While I enjoyed a lighthearted chuckle over my morning coffee, this reminded me of the transcendent nature of God.  (Transcendent = “superior or supreme in excellence; surpassing others”). 

First of all, as the headline alludes to, God is omnipresent.  That means He is everywhere.  He is with us in our isolation.  He is with our friends and loved ones in their isolation.  His presence is reflected in the very nature of His name, “I AM.”  In Matthew 28:20, Jesus said, “I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”

Secondly, God is omniscient.  That means He is all-knowing.  Coronavirus didn’t catch God by surprise.  He’s not shocked by the turbulence of the stock market.  He knew before it started how it would end.  Although we may still be anxious about the unknown, God is not anxious at all.  For the Christian, that means we can take our cares to Him and trust Him, because He knows all about it.  Literally.  1 Peter 5:6-7 says, “Humble yourselves, therefore, under God's mighty hand, that He may lift you up in due time.  Cast all your anxiety on Him because He cares for you.”

Third, God is omnipotent.  That means He is all-powerful.  Regardless of what we hear in the media, God is in complete control over the coronavirus, as He is with everything else in the universe.  I don’t profess to know why God has allowed the pandemic to take place.  I’ll let others debate that.  But here is what I know from the Bible:

  • Luke 12:22-26 - “Do not worry about your life, what you will eat; or about your body, what you will wear. Life is more than food, and the body more than clothes. Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn; yet God feeds them. And how much more valuable you are than birds! Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life? Since you cannot do this very little thing, why do you worry about the rest?”

  • Psalm 27:1 - “The Lord is my light and my salvation – whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life – of whom shall I be afraid?”

  • Revelation 1:17-18 - “Then He placed His right hand on me and said: Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last.  I am the Living One; I was dead, and behold I am alive for ever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades.”

  • Romans 8:28 – “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.”

So remember, God is with us, He knows all about our situation, and He is still in control.  Amen.

Be blessed and stay safe.