Infectious Sin

"...Is anyone here afraid or worried? If you are, you may go home before you frighten anyone else..."
Deuteronomy 20:8 (NLT)

Fear is contagious! Just being around fearful people can bind one to their same fear. This is one way Satan attacks our faith.

Recently, there was a Swine Flu (H1N1) outbreak. A whole county actually closed the schools to prevent the spread of this flu. When I had first heard of this outbreak God clearly said to me that my immediate family would be untouched by it. God made a specific promise to me. He said to me not to worry about the H1N1 because not one in my household would become sick. So I stood on His promise.

About a week went by and I heard from my sister. She called me concerned about the swine flu. She had sent me an email stating that the president would soon declare state of emergency and that medicine was running out. The email went on to say that we should stay way from enclosed places and to buy the suggested herbal substances to boost our immune system. Instantly I felt a flood of doubt come over me. A surge of fear clouded me and I felt the need to hurry up and get in my car to the local health food store to buy these supplements. I felt anguished and actually called my church to inform them that I would not be volunteering because I didn't want my kids in childcare. I even re-sent the email to everyone I knew!!! It was awful the amount of "caution" I felt. I can laugh about it now and as I write I am chuckling at how dumb I was!

I am not saying that we shouldn't be wise. After all, in First Peter 5:8 it says that God does not call us to be negligent but to be cautious at all times. However, God gave me a specific promise for my household! He specifically gave ME a promise! My sister may not have gotten that promise. Therefore, it may have been well for my sister to seek out these precautionary measures and she, on the other hand, may have felt the need to obey God by GETTING the medicines. But as for me and my household, God promised a passover! And yet I was being swayed and moved by my environment's condition and was no longer standing on the word of God. Satan began using "reasoning" as a diversion to my faith. Before I knew it, I had forgotten His word.

What has God promised YOU? Stand on THAT truth! God's word will confirm what He has said. Reasoning is a tool used by Satan to get us to forget that God is an almighty God, a God of the impossible, a God of miracles! This is a battle, a real spiritual battle! I must resolve to not be moved by the fearful soldiers and press into the Word of God! Hallelujah!