[Enter Henny Penny,
stage right, audience left]
An unprecedented global
panic; the inexplicable hording of…toilet paper.
Certain unassailable truths
remain—at least, if you are a devoted Christ-follower. So to those
of you who are and to those of you who might yet gravitate toward such devotion
and followership at such a time as this, allow me to remind you of some
impregnables that are…still in the Bible.
Therefore
do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has
enough trouble of its own.
–
Matthew 6:34
Just
checked. Still in the Bible.
Rejoice in the Lord always. I
will say it again: Rejoice! Let
your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. Do
not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and
petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And
the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your
hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
-Philippians
4:4-7
Also? Still
in the Bible.
“Do not
let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in
me. My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have
told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? And if I
go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with
me that you also may be where I am. You know the way to the place where I
am going.”
-John 14:1-4
Yup. Still
there.
For to
me, to live is Christ and to die is
gain.
-Philippians
1:21
This
bold statement of faith? Still in there, too.
As you
open and read you will find that every word of comfort and promise, every
example of faith, every directive that calls for obedience—for those who
devotedly follow Jesus—are all still there, still intact, still bidding us to
trust and obey; to hope only in God.
Because
no amount of stockpiled toilet paper, cleaning supplies, or over-the-counter
flu remedy is worthy of your faith and trust. But God
is. Because God is.
