"men's hearts failing them from fear and the expectation of those things which are coming on the earth," Luke 21:26
I have noticed something that seems to be emerging in the modern world. People are terrified of illness and viruses, but they refuse to be vaccinated. They are more afraid of the vaccine than Ebola or hantavirus. They fear the vaccine more than the measles or the flu. They were terrified of covid, but they will not get a covid vaccine.
I do not know all that people are afraid of. But this is something that baffles me. The anti-vaccers have convinced people that vaccines are evil and that it is a plot to hurt them. Diseases that were eradicated have made a resurgence. People with compromised immune systems are terrified of everything.
Notice that it is the fear and the expectation that causes trouble in the text. People are terrified at the prospect or the possibility of getting sick. On top of this people do not trust doctors. They look to Google rather than a medical professional. And now ChatGPT is god who has all the answers.
When my wife was sick pastor Mitchell told us to do what the doctor tells us to do. We did. I get vaccinated with no ill effects.
There is an answer to fear. It is found in Christ.
"Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid." John 14:27
Maybe it's time to go back to church. Maybe it's time to trust your doctors.
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