Covid-19 the War “Duck and Cover” is a Practice Not a Life Style

Covid-19 the War

“Duck and Cover” is a Practice Not a Life Style

 

Duck and Cover was the school drills of the Cold war

Luke 19 gives us a story of three servant

Two servants, in a time of fear, occupied with the potential God gave them

But one Ducked in fear and Covered the money he was given

As I have studied the Bible all my life I see a message from God

That will not only show us how to have peace with God

But a message, if followed, that will make you

Healthy, wealthy, and wise, all with the right priorities

War changes things

The war against the Coronavirus

The Cold War against Communism and its doctrine

The War against sin

All wars must be fought

But at the same time occupy till He comes with your full potential

Don’t let fear cause you to put what God gave you in a hiding place   

Duck and Cover was a Practice Not a Life Style

We can be at war and be productive.

 

Duck and Cover was a practice not a life style.

Many people have said they have never seen

anything like the Covid-19 Pandemic.

Many have asked me if I

had ever seen anything like it.

As I scanned over 60 years

of my life to find an answer…

I did find something that the

Covid19 Pandemic reminded me of.

 

The Coronavirus is an enemy

that we find ourselves at war with.

We don’t know where or when it might strike.

We know we must be alert and ready to fight.

The American way of living is

shifting from peace time to war.

I was born after WWII and in

the beginning of the Cold War.

The Cold War began not too long after

World War II ended in 1945.

Although, the Soviet Union was an important

member of the Allied Powers, there

was great distrust between the Soviet

Union and the rest of the Allies.

The Allies were concerned with the brutal

leadership of Joseph Stalin as well

as the spread of communism.

The Cold War came to an end with

the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.

I remember as a child the “Arms Race”,

the building and testing of nuclear bombs,

the H-bomb (hydrogen bomb).

Two super powers, American and the Soviet testing

spewed radioactive waste into the atmosphere.

As a boy, I remember the practice attack drills in school.

They called them Duck and Cover.

The name of our enemy was Communism.

Not only did America fear Communism,

the church feared its doctrine.

The Bible tells us that there will be wars and

roomers of wars before the end of the world.

Christians thought the nuclear bomb

would be the fulfillment of 2 Peter 3:12…

As you look forward to the day of God and speed its coming. That day will bring about the destruction of the heavens by fire, and the elements will melt in the heat.

America increased its defense spending

four times to fight the Cold War.

My family for a few years lived in East Toledo,

 a very short distance from the oil refineries.

We knew that if America was under

attack, we would be the hot spot.

So I remember the fear of war…

 The unseen enemy.

Living life under the threat of war.

As I look back, I remember the dooms

day message preached in the churches.

The threat that the Communist would

come and take away our Bibles

and put Christians to death.

This fear had a very negative

effect on the Church and Christians.

If the end of the world was coming…

 Why plan for tomorrow?

The church had one message…

 Repent before the end comes.

The good that came out of all this is many

did repent, but there was a very negative side.

Many Christians settled for a mediocre life style.

They lived a Duck and Cover lifestyle.

The potential of God’s people was not reached.

God’s Word talks a lot about money.

Warnings about trusting in it and

harmful attitudes money affects us with.

But God’s Word also warns about being

slothful and much of God’s words

are meant to bring us out of poverty.

The Church had an attitude of wait till Jesus comes.

It was the Duck and Cover lifestyle.

Not occupy till I come.

Jesus tells us a story in Luke 19 about a Nobleman…

And he called his ten servants,

and delivered them ten pounds,

and said unto them,

Occupy till I come.

Luke 19:13

The story tell us the Nobleman

gave three servants money.

Two of them used the money

and had a profit to show for it.

But one servant because of fear did nothing

with the money and this angered the Nobleman.

Lord, behold, here is thy pound,

which I have kept laid up in a napkin

 Luke 19:20

It was the Duck and Cover lifestyle.

As we try to contain and fight the

Coronavirus, we have seen productivity

of Americans down to a critical point.

For America to see the blessings

we had before the virus…

 We will have to figure out how to deal

with our fear, to have a healthy concern

and at the same time become productive.

I look back at the effects of the Cold War on the church

and think what if we handled our fear of Communism

with a message of repentance.

And also occupied as if our children and

grandchildren would be generations till Jesus came.

 

What if Christians had not settles for mediocre

employment and worked to fulfill their greatest potential?

I believe the church and its people

today would have great wealth.

Wealth we could be honoring

our Lord with till He comes.

As I have studied the Bible all my life,

 I see a message from God that will not

only show us how to have peace with God…

 But a message, if followed, will make you

healthy, wealthy, and wise, all with the right priorities.

War changes things.

The war against the Coronavirus.

The war against Communism and its doctrine.

The War against sin.

All wars must be fought but at the same time

occupy till He comes with your full potential.

Don’t let fear cause you to put what

God gave you in a hiding place.

   

Duck and Cover was a practice not a life style.

We can be at war and be productive.

 

Scripture Reading

Luke 19:12-27 KJV

12 He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.

13 And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come.

14 But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us.

15 And it came to pass, that when he was returned, having received the kingdom, then he commanded these servants to be called unto him, to whom he had given the money, that he might know how much every man had gained by trading.

16 Then came the first, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained ten pounds.

17 And he said unto him, Well, thou good servant: because thou hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities.

18 And the second came, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained five pounds.

19 And he said likewise to him, Be thou also over five cities.

20 And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin:

21 For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up that thou layedst not down, and reapest that thou didst not sow.

22 And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow:

23 Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury?

24 And he said unto them that stood by, Take from him the pound, and give it to him that hath ten pounds.

25(And they said unto him, Lord, he hath ten pounds.)

26 For I say unto you, That unto every one which hath shall be given; and from him that hath not, even that he hath shall be taken away from him.

27 But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.