Listen "COVID-19 WTF? (Where’s The Faith?) | SGC Extra with Tim Winders"
Episode Synopsis
COVID-19 is taking the whole world by storm. Everyone is affected. Plans are getting canceled, establishments are shutting down, and everyone's trying to survive by staying at home. The pandemic has impacted our lives significantly—and the scary fact is we don't know when this will end. How can we find our faith amid this global situation?In today's episode, Seek Go Create Podcast host Tim Winders highlights the biggest questions on how COVID-19 may impact us—individually and as a society. He discusses the challenges the virus has brought us. He also talks about the opportunities it can bring and how we can utilize it. If you’ve been feeling down during this trying time, make sure to tune in to the show and learn how you can rediscover your faith.3 Reasons to Listen:Where are we now, and how did we get to this place of a global pandemic?Discover how we can make sense of where we are.Learn what’s next for all of us after COVID-19.ResourcesQ&A With Tim Winders – SGC ExtraEpisode HighlightsWhere Are We Right Now?The coronavirus is shutting down much of the world. A visualization of this is the US economic downturn in 2008, which Tim talks about in detail in the podcast.Two COVID-19 schools of thought: (a) people who insist it's a conspiracy theory; (b) people who are operating in a lot of fear and panic.The reality: Some people are sick and dying, and some are going to be impacted financially by the situation. Tim believes that everything is going to be okay, but we also have to acknowledge all of those realities.How Did We Get Here?The first case of this coronavirus was detected in Wuhan, China, in late December of 2019 and has since spread rapidly.We thought it was a concern of another country, and it wasn't going to impact us much—we were wrong.The government has set travel restrictions, canceled events, and establishments have shut down. Tim talks more about this ripple effect in the podcast.We all learned the term “social distancing.”“We're seeing how truly shaky a house that's built on sand can be.” - Click Here to Tweet ThisHow Do We Make Sense of Where We Are?God is sovereign, but God didn’t bring any of this on to us. We’re just in a world where a lot of stuff happens—a fallen world.Everything will eventually be okay. However, we need to operate with wisdom.We need to learn from experiences or mistakes we’ve made. Likewise, we need to help each other as much as we can.COVID-19 and the EconomyWhere we are now doesn't remind him of the major financial turmoil in the past. People in the United States are people of great faith in general.However, we’re still facing something we’ve never seen before. Money is not accelerating and moving through the system.Unless we get tested and people get taken care of, only then can we know for sure what’s going to happen.The Call to ActionWe are indeed going to be negatively impacted by this—individually and culturally.The big call to action would be a renewal of faith. Strengthen your faith.The government, organizations, and businesses are essential. But put your faith in the Heavenly Father that created us.“We have that much resolve, that much resiliency. I think we're a people of...
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