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August 8, 2021
Pandemic Proof Positives
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As your pastor, I have a responsibility to watch for your souls.
All
pastors carry this responsibility.
Some take it more seriously than
others.
I thank you and I thank God for entrusting such a grave privilege
to me.
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The Bible in Hebrews 13:17 NLT
Obey your spiritual leaders, and do what they say.
Their work is
to watch over your souls, and they are accountable to God.
Give
them reason to do this with joy and not with sorrow.
That would
certainly not be for your benefit.
This morning’s message is about reminding you of my responsibility to
watch for your souls – to protect you from hurt, harm, danger, and
deception.
I’ve entitled this message:
Pandemic Proof Positives
As the watchman for your souls, the things I must do and say are not
always popular.
But for the most part, at GP they most often are
adhered to and embraced with gladness.
However, I’m not too naïve to
recognize that at times my preaching and teaching, like every preacher,
are pushed back on and resisted when members lean to their own
understanding.
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Today, I feel compelled to share with you a “Watch for your souls” kind
of message.
We are currently moving through a season of time that has
caused a great divide and brought much confusion due to bad politics, an
overdose of mis-information, and a lack of restraint and accountability
on behalf of leaders – world leaders and church leaders.
Unfortunately, the church, the Body of Christ, has been impacted by its
share of confusing signals and mixed messages.
As we enter the 17th month of this public pandemic, I feel compelled to
pause and share a critical note on what I sense the Spirit is saying to the
churches.
The resurgence of the pandemic through the Delta Variant is
cause for concern, but not panic.
It would behoove the church to stand still and draw nearer to God (and
not bow to any kind of pressure – from without or within).
The Church
has nothing to prove regarding how much faith it has or how powerful
God is.
Keeping church doors closed or opened proves nothing.
But 17 months
is a long enough time for each one of us to examine what lessons we’ve
learned through this time of testing.
The church shouldn’t be split or splintered in a time like this.
But
because it is, it’s time to turn down the noise and hear God.
In the Book of Jeremiah, Chapter 14 is a case like what we’re
experiencing in our country regarding the pandemic pundits who refuse
to hear God and play to their own reality.
Worse, they have drawn the people of God in on their stubborn
delusional self-denial refusal to respect what God has declared will be.
Before, I open up the Scripture, I want to show you a modern day clip of
what I’m about to share.
Take a look:
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Now, let’s look at Jeremiah 14: 1-6 NLT.
In Chapter 14, the Prophet Jeremiah is giving a prophecy regarding
severe droughts that the Lord has unleashed upon Judah for their
wayward behavior.
Coupled with the terrible droughts is the destruction
of life by sword, famine, pestilence.
The first six verses of Chapter 14
describe the conditions of the drought.
There’s no doubt that the
droughts prophesied by Jeremiah are real.
Listen to his description from
the New Living Translation:
14:1 This message came to Jeremiah from the Lord, explaining why
he was holding back the rain:
“Judah wilts;
commerce at the city gates grinds to a halt.
All the people sit on the ground in mourning,
and a great cry rises from Jerusalem.
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The nobles send servants to get water,
but all the wells are dry.
The servants return with empty pitchers,
confused and desperate,
covering their heads in grief.
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The ground is parched
and cracked for lack of rain.
The farmers are deeply troubled;
they, too, cover their heads.
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Even the doe abandons her newborn fawn
because there is no grass in the field.
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The wild donkeys stand on the bare hills
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panting like thirsty jackals.
They strain their eyes looking for grass,
but there is none to be found.”
The people say, “Our wickedness has caught up with us, Lord,
but help us for the sake of your own reputation.
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