What If?

Today I was tested for the Corona virus COVID-19.  I thought to myself what if it is positive?  I have a lot of the symptoms of the virus and I am ordered to stay home.  I have been putting off writing because I just have not felt like it.  My brain is a little foggy and I am not sure I can write for long.  What if I get worse? 

These are really “what if” times!  Many people asking many different “what if” questions.

What if I get this virus?  What if my child or grandchild gets it?  What if I lose my job or what if my business fails?  What if I cannot find what I need at the store?  What if the government starts rationing?  There are so many what ifs and I am sure you have a few of your own.

My question is what if Jesus never came to earth?  What if He decided He did not want to die on the cross?  What if He did not rise from the dead?  What would our world look like? 

I am no Bible scholar even those I studied the Bible all my life, but I think our world would look a lot like Romans 1:28-32 (New Living Translation)

28Since they thought it foolish to acknowledge God, he abandoned them to their foolish thinking and let them do things that should never be done. 29Their lives became full of every kind of wickedness, sin, greed, hate, envy, murder, quarreling, deception, malicious behavior, and gossip. 30They are backstabbers, haters of God, insolent, proud, and boastful. They invent new ways of sinning, and they disobey their parents. 31They refuse to understand, break their promises, are heartless, and have no mercy. 32They know God’s justice requires that those who do these things deserve to die, yet they do them

This description is harsh I know but I believe it would be true for most people if Jesus never came to this earth.  But!  Jesus did come!  He did choose to die on the cross and He did rise again.  If we look further into Romans, we see God’s Gift.

3:23For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard. 24Yet God, in his grace, freely makes us right in his sight. He did this through Christ Jesus when he freed us from the penalty for our sins. 25For God presented Jesus as the sacrifice for sin. People are made right with God when they believe that Jesus sacrificed his life, shedding his blood.  Romans 6:23 23For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord.

So, what if I do not believe?  I would live in fear and anxiety and would have nothing to look forward to when I die.  I have accepted God’s Gift and I trust Him to see me through whatever this illness is that has me feeling so sick.   So, the “what if’s” becomes “I will Trust God” and whatever happens I know God will see me through!   Have you accepted God’s Gift?