A New Devotion - What To Do

Here's a new devotion that I wrote. You can find a recording of this devotion at the bottom of the page.

Matthew 28:16-20

Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted. And Jesus came and said to them, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age."

What To Do

I think this pandemic has thrown a curve at all of us. At the very least, our daily routine has been disrupted. For example, my daughter should be going to school every day, finishing out her senior year. But instead, she’s home, doing some academic work on her computer, sleeping late and watching a lot of YouTube. And my wife is champing at the bit to get back to her pre-school students, something she can’t do right. And to fill her time, she’s pulling out, cleaning and rearranging everything we own. And me, well, I’m doing the best I can to stay out the way of both my wife and daughter, until they need my help to do something very specific. Of course, that’s what we’re doing right now. If this social isolating continues, we’ll have to find other things to fill our days.

But you know, I don’t think our current situation changes Jesus’s call to us as Christians. I mean, we’re still expected to make disciples through both our words and our work. Now, at the present time, that’s going to demand that we do this in different ways. In fact, just going out into the world is challenging when we’re told to stay in. But sharing the gospel to others, well that’s still possible and so is showing compassion and kindness to others. You see, whether it’s through posting on FaceBook, sending cards or picking up a phone, we can demonstrate what discipleship is all about. And I’ll tell you, regardless of how long things continue to be the way they are right now, this is exactly what we can do.