Covid-19 The Mask

Covid-19

The Mask

I do not like to wear a mask

BUT….

I don’t always know the contaminates, those unseen particles from my spirit

I need to pray that God will search me and make me aware

Not only a filter, but heal me

  Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts.

See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

 Psalms 139:23-24

I need to realize as much as I do not like a mask it is not just for me

I wear it for others because I care for them

Jesus died for my sins and gave me eternal life

BUT…

I am still sick and contagious

Until that day when you and I are changed in a twinkling of an eye

We need a mask

A filter so we don’t offend God and contaminate others

The Mask

In the fight against the Coronavirus,

 Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

is at the top of the discussion list.

The mask has been a

major topic of discussion.

At the start of the outbreak there was

great concern that healthcare workers and

 facilities would not be able to handle the

needs of those affected by the virus.

The public was told not to wear a mask

unless you were sick, because health

care workers supply of mask was short.

 As weeks went by and economic concerns

increased so did the supply of mask.

The governor of Ohio strongly encouraged

citizens to wear masks when in public.

I went to Menards and was

refused entry without a mask.

I have to say I have though a lot about

masks since the start of Covid-19.

What does a mask do?

A mask is a filter.

A mask filters us from breathing into our

system unhealthy things like the Coronavirus.

A mask also filters in the other direction

protecting others if we have the virus.

I do not like masks and I felt very

uncomfortable and strange walking

through Menards with a mask.

But I think a mask is a

great idea and very effective.

What if there was a mask that could

filter out the bad things in my spirit.

It is recorded of the Apostle Paul before his

conversion, at the time he was called Saul,

that he “breathed out murderous threats”.

Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out

murderous threats against the Lord's disciples.

Acts 9:1

The word spirit means air, breath or wind.

 

Your spirit and my spirit are filled with particles.

What is inside of us, our anger, frustration,

bios, as well as our joys, gratitude,

peace release particles in our breath.

The way we breathe communicates to others.

 Ever been frustrated and let out a

sigh of frustration, a huff of discus?

When you and I speak,

we communicate more than words…

 We communicate particles of our spirit. 

It is not only the words that offend you and I…

 We are offended by the particles

 from the spirit of others.

  

Like Saul, we breathe out more than words,

we breathe out attitudes from our spirit and heart.

We don’t always realize the contaminates

in our breath like being asymptomatic.

Look at Jeremiah 17:9…

The heart is deceitful above

all things and beyond cure.

Who can understand it?

So what if there was a mask that could

filter the contaminates of our spirit…

Set a guard over my mouth, O LORD;

keep watch over the door of my lips.

 Psalms 141:3

If I might paraphrase the Psalmist prayer…

“Lord, put a mask over my mouth.

   

Put a filter over my lips.”

So how do we put on this kind of mask?

The mask must be obtained from God.

Like the Psalmist we must pray.

God judges the heart, He knows the motives.

Ever say something you wish you never had said?

God saw it deep in your spirit before you breathed it.

Trust God to not only give you a mask,

but to heal your spirit from the contaminates.

You must desire the mask

because you care about others.

Selfishness is like sneezing in someone else’s face.

Consider others Philippians 2:3-4…

Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. 4 Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.

I do not like to wear a mask.

BUT….

I don’t always know the contaminates,

those unseen particles from my spirit.

I need to pray that God will

search me and make me aware.

Not only a filter, but heal me…

  Search me, O God, and know my heart;

 test me and know my anxious thoughts.

See if there is any offensive way in me,

and lead me in the way everlasting.

Psalms 139:23-24

I need to realize as much as I do not

like a mask, it is not just for me.

I wear it for others because I care for them.

Jesus died for my sins and gave me eternal life.

BUT…

I am still sick and contagious.

Until that day when you and I are

changed in a twinkling of an eye…

We need a mask

A filter.

Scripture Reading

Jeremiah 17:9 NIV

9 The heart is deceitful above all things

and beyond cure.

Who can understand it?

Psalms 141:3-4 NIV

3 Set a guard over my mouth, O LORD;

keep watch over the door of my lips.

4 Let not my heart be drawn to what is evil,

to take part in wicked deeds

with men who are evildoers;

let me not eat of their delicacies.

Psalms 139:23-24 NIV

23 Search me , O God, and know my heart;

test me and know my anxious thoughts.

24 See if there is any offensive way in me,

and lead me in the way everlasting.