A crisis always builds upon how it’s perceived, regardless of how real it is.

That’s why we don’t need the news media or other political drivel to distort the effects of the Covid19 virus for us.  We seem to be doing a good job of it by ourselves.

As a result, its exponential expansion around the globe has triggered a spectrum of behavior that’s been both bazaar and predictable.

In that respect, there’s nothing new here—except for the toilet paper thing. 

Indeed, erratic behavior is often difficult to explain.  But lately, I’ve been reinforcing my opinions about the predictability of it.  That’s why I’ve become convinced that, if any behavior should be predictable, it would be of those who truly belong to Jesus Christ.

In order to make that case, my first impulse was to dump a truckload of inspiring Bible passages into the text body here.  But instead, let me “overwhelm” the reader with some thoughts which haunt me every time I’m tempted to exhibit bazaar, predictable behavior myself.

The following is a very revealing passage of Scripture written to the messenger of the church in Philadelphia and recorded for “the bond-servants” of Jesus Christ:

“Because you have kept the word of My perseverance, I also shall keep you from the hour of testing, that hour which is about to come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.”  [Rev. 3:10; the words of the Lord Jesus Christ spoken to the apostle John through His messenger]  [my emphasis]

This sentence is commonly interpreted in the eschatological backdrop of a great future tribulation Christ spoke of in the New Testament Gospels.  However, I’m convinced that trying to establish an accurate time frame here is but secondary to comprehending the magnitude of its meaning.

Because the context of this and the sentences that followed described what was necessary for Jesus Christ’s bond-servants to be victorious over a lifestyle which would separate them from His protection during a time they really needed it.

With that in mind though, it would also seem that a Just, Sovereign God would necessarily be a Consistent One.

So, is there any reason to think that His protection wouldn’t extend beyond His greatest hour of testing, such as during a little ol’ global pandemic?

I can’t think of one.

But there’s another reason the world should be able to predict the rational behavior of Christ’s disciple in times of crisis:  Nothing in the Bible suggests that he should ever fear anything other than succumbing to the deceitfulness of sin.

Read it again.  

“Because you have kept…I also shall keep…”

In light of this promise, what’s the worst that could happen?