2:7 Hope in the Midst of the Corona Virus

Since I recorded this last week on March 6, 2020, our nation has since moved to lock down mode in just a few days. I will probably have more thoughts to share on this again soon but I also want to share here a story of how stewarding hope in the midst of storms can catalyze the next great awakening.

When John Wesley set off from England as a missionary to North America in the 1700s, he encountered a storm during their journey by sea. While he and almost everyone else were full of fear and unsure about where they would go if they died out there, Wesley was awe struck when he saw a group of Moravian missionaries worshipping Jesus right in the middle of that storm. That one defiant act of going in the opposite spirit of what was coming against them and choosing to praise Jesus and lift His name higher regardless of the surrounding circumstances awakened Wesley to have a deeper hunger for more of God. Shortly after, they made it safely through the storm. Growing in deeper friendship with these Moravians, they later invited him to a meeting back in England where “his heart was strangely” warmed by the fire of God. He now finally had total assurance of his salvation in Christ. Not long later, when he was gathered with his friends worshiping and praying into the new year on January 1, 1739, the Great Awakening was birthed which has since impacted us today.

This story is significant for today because we never know who is watching us in the midst of a storm. We are called to keep our eyes on Jesus and steward peace and hope. We may never know what next great awakening might be catalyzed in our generation from this one simple act of worshipping Jesus and stewarding peace during such a time as this.

“For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.”

2 Timothy 1:7

Blessings, peace, and fire as we press in to seek Jesus even ore relentlessly during this time.

P.S. When you listen to my podcast, I want to clarify that I am not a medical doctor but I have a Ph.D. primarily in the area of healing and revival.

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