Don’t Touch Your Face!

 “Don’t Touch Your Face!”

What?!!

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way, though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea. Psalm 46:1-2

You’ve been hearing about coronavirus. Today I read another story about the global outbreak of this dangerous and scary threat to us all. From what I read today, the World Health Organization has declared the coronavirus outbreak a global “pandemic”. Then, I keep hearing health experts telling me to wash my hands and not to touch my face!

If you’re human like me, you may be thinking…Ok, I’m in a pandemic! I can’t find any hand sanitizer, paper towels, or toilet paper at Wal-Mart, and then they tell me not to touch my face! Do you know how hard it is to go through the day, or even through a minute, without touching your face? It’s virtually impossible it seems. Can you imagine hearing about someone dying and someone asking, “What happened to them?” and the answer was, “He died from touching his face!”

Oh my goodness, things are getting crazy! But I’m not finished yet…when I heard today that they were declaring this virus outbreak a pandemic, as a born again, blood washed, Spirit-filled believer, I’m reminded of something someone else “Declared” a long time ago…

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. Jeremiah 29:11

Here’s something else I remembered that God “Declared…”

He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.” For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence. He will cover you with his pinions, and under his wings, you will find refuge; his faithfulness is a shield and buckler. You will not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day, nor the pestilence that stalks in darkness, nor the destruction that wastes at noonday. A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand, but it will not come near you. You will only look with your eyes and see the recompense of the wicked. Because you have made the Lord your dwelling place—the Most High, who is my refuge—no evil shall be allowed to befall you, no plague come near your tent. For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways. Psalm 91:1-11

While the coronavirus seems to be threating the entire world, infecting and scaring people in its wake…Our God is Greater. Our God is Bigger. Our God is Stronger. Our God is Able. He is able to deliver, able to protect, and able to heal.

A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand, but it will not come near you. Psalm 91:7

End time prophecy teaches that our days will be filled with pestilance. The world will experience earthquakes, famines, and pestilence in various and unusual places, but Jesus says, “Don’t panic, just be ready, I am coming soon.” This is the same Jesus that declared, “He would never leave us or forsake us.”

The world might declare a pandemic, I declare Jesus!

Yes, I will be wise and listen to the health care officials and those in governing power over me. I may go to Wal-Mart and try to get some hand sanitizer, toilet paper, and Lysol…who knows, I might even touch my own face and not panic! (Smile)

We are people that God has called to be effective in ministry, and to use some common sense. Moreover, we are called to live by faith and not in fear. Let’s touch the face of God, believing for safety, favor, and blessing.

I will bless the Lord at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth. Psalm 34:1

Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all. Psalm 34:19

“Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth! ”The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah Psalm 46:10-11

Passionate for the cause of Christ,

Pastor Randy R. Urich

MAG Church, 03-13-2020

For from his fullness we have all received,

grace upon grace, John 1:16 ESV