Dear Church Family,
Imagine you have been invited by the President to the White House. You get to meet with him and a few other people in the Oval Office. He greets you by name. Then he asks you to follow him out to the Rose Garden where he addresses the press corps and a live national audience. At last he introduces you and invites you to share a few words. What would you say?
As you may be aware this occurred yesterday. It happened to Mike Lindell the founder of “My Pillow.” His company has switched much of its production to make face masks for health professionals. That is why he was at the White House. He spent little time talking about his company and did not offer any “Buy One, Get One Free Specials.” Instead he proclaimed, “God has been taken out of our schools and lives, a nation had turned its back on God. I encourage you to use this time at home to get back in the word. Read our Bible and spend time with our families.” He also encouraged people to pray for our country.
I just read that one network cut away after he had said just a few words. I suppose it was trying to protect its viewers from such “dangerous” words of conviction. Has our county turned its back on God? Sadly, the clear answer is yes. During any time of crisis there remains only one true solution to the problem – trust in the Almighty God of the Bible. That is why Mr. Lindell’s encouragement to read the Bible declares hope to all.
Where can anyone find truth, hope, love and comfort? That is the message of the Bible. We as God’s people are to be people of the Word. It is our only rule of faith (what we believe) and practice (how we live). O how different our world would be if we fed on God’s Word daily. Just as the Reformation changed the world by putting the Bible in the hands of the common man, so by grace we must encourage others to read sacred Scripture. There the Good News of the Gospel that all need is laid out. Only faith in Jesus will save us from our sin.
The call to prayer is one that we should heed. Our denomination, the PCA, has provided a prayer guide for us at https://pcaga.org/prayer/ I encourage this to you for the month of April.
Mike Lindell’s greatest contribution during this crisis will not be the thousands of masks his company produces. Let us pray that his prophetic call for our nation to turn in repentance to our Holy God is realized with many coming to faith in our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
Pastor Gillikin