COVID-19: What Is God Up To?

Introduction

Most of the country and much of the world is locked down by this COVID-19 pandemic. I’m afraid that things will get much worse before they get much better.

God is always doing 10,000 things in your life, and you may be aware of three of them. - John Piper

James 1:3 NASB95

3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.

Joy in the Trial

James 1:2 NASB95

2 Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials,

How can we find joy in something like pandemic and quarantine?

Trials provide us the opportunity for self-examination and self improvement.

Testing Produces Endurance

James 1:3 NASB95

3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.

Testing is necessary in life. Trials bring opportunities for growth.

Endurance Brings Growth

James 1:4 NASB95

4 And let endurance have its perfect result, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.