Unprecedented

The word "unprecedented" means to have no point of reference in the past, something that has never happened before.  We use it all the time, but we generally exaggerate.  We could identify something in the past that is exactly like what we have referred to as "unprecedented".

The current life situation for the world IS unprecedented.  Not from a health perspective.  There have been epidemics and pandemics galore.  What is unprecedented is our response to this health crisis and what may happen as a result.  The economy, for the most part, is shut down.  The markets continue to churn; the banks continue to operate; but, the mechanisms for production have been thoroughly compromised.

I am not an economist nor the son of an economist.  Still, I think I can declare this: economists have no idea what is going to happen; governments have no idea what is going to happen; the media has no idea what is going to happen.  The future is unclear.

As a result, we live in a time where fear can breed.  In the face of fear, Christians bring some things to the table that others cannot.  First, we bring courage.  We know that whatever happens we have a Father that is intimately aware of us and of our need.   That knowledge gives us the security to move into each day of a coronavirus impacted world. Secondly, we bring hope.  Not the hope of the world where hope is generally a psychological ploy to believe even though you don't believe.  The hope of Christianity is a living hope.  He inspires in us confident expectation, not resigned "hope though there is no hope".  Third, we bring good news.  We can bring to an uncertain world the news that there is One who "sees all things the end from the beginning" and will not leave us nor forsake us.  That He has proved his devotion to us by giving himself into death, reclaiming life and living again.

We can deliver this message best from a position of confident expectation.  Be blessed; stay safe.