Years ago we used to sing the hymn, “This is My Father’s World”.  We don’t sing that much anymore and, depending on where you are, it doesn’t look too recognizable as our Father’s world.   When the wicked govern, the people are going to groan.  When the righteous people rule the people rejoice.  Obviously, God meant for His people to be in charge of His garden!

Where is the church?  It’s like the Boogie man said, “Boo”, and they ran away!  We need more courage than this.  Now, in Kansas City, the mayor has demanded that churches turn over the list of all the members, attendees, phone numbers and other private information for the purpose of tracking and surveillance.  We should be horrified!  It looks like the goal is to suppress church attendance.

It always amazes me when people say they don’t believe in God because they can’t see Him.  Yet we can’t see germs either and people do not question the reality of the disease.

We don’t want anyone to get sick from this.  However, this is a political virus as well as a physical virus.  The effects of the physical virus will be over before we recover from the Socialism and the sudden lurch forward of big government.  This Bakersfield doctors’ video explains why this overreaction is doing more harm than good.  You can watch it here: 

Have you had enough of this quarantine yet?  I have to admit, I am enjoying a reason to slow my life down and reconnect with my kids, my kitchen and my piano.  I’m also enjoying the lower gas prices and the ability to drive on our roads with much less traffic!  It’s been great having my son home from school.  What a relief to not have to wake up at 6:00 every morning!  We’re having a wonderful time.  It’s been so pleasurable, I am starting to wonder if we will be disappointed when we have to go back to work!

Yet, as much as I am enjoying my badly needed vacation, we must acknowledge that there are many injustices happening every day.  As the numbers are being tallied, the reports show that the virus was not nearly as bad as predicted.  While we are finding out the worst is already past, local governments are way behind the curve in implementing new, more aggressive and more hostile measures.  Many have gone “hog wild” with a blatant disregard for human rights.  Some are shutting down parks, where there is no problem and arresting innocent people for merely being outside!  It appears the goal has changed to augment human suffering and cause the greatest harm possible.

As this coronavirus continues, my hope is that we will emerge on the other side stronger and braver and more godly than ever before.  Some people are asking if we were ripe for God’s judgement.   With how we’re acting, how can we not expect His judgement?  Some parts are so bad, we should cringe.

This is a political virus. Our political immune system is broken down. We are now vulnerable to this virus because we have an underlying condition. We lost our fear of God. We’ve lost our fear of big government (a.k.a. Socialiam). We’ve got broken families and broken churches. Without our political antibodies, we’re vulnerable to anything that comes along.