Galatians 5:22-24 English Standard Version

22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. 24 And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.

Since we have been talking about trust lately it was inevitable that thoughts would arise such as antitrust. 

Have we all crucified our fleshly passions and desires?

If we have not, does that mean we do not love Christ?

Going negative is the easiest thing to do. We can be happy and in a great mood and all it takes is a word from an acquaintance or a news report and our whole countenance changes. A good thought is harder to hold than a greased pig. For those of us that have not enjoyed that sporting event, it is so hard it is funny to watch.

Let me test you.

COVID

It is hard to see anything remotely similar to the fruits of the spirit at the mere mention of that word. It has impacted us all, even if we have not contracted it. Perhaps the first signs of loss of trust was a run on paper towels. Everyone was cleaning every surface in their house for fear of this new plague that had hit the world.

That is just one word and its impact has had a lasting negative impact on all of our lives, not because we have lost faith but because everyone around us had gone negative. The blame games began immediately and those institutions we trusted all seemed to fail us. Or did they?

Allow me to quote a part of the opening verses. “against such things there is no law”.

Antitrust is all about the law which cannot protest and can only unevenly punish those who break the law. I included the word unevenly to demonstrate how easy it is to go negative.

We live in a world that constantly challenges our faith and begs us to go negative.

Answer me this; what did you do during the COVID shutdown?