Crisis

1. There are two distractions for a crisis situation.
1. Preoccupation with disaster, and
2. Preoccupation with Divine provision.

People can be distracted in a crisis time by either being preoccupied with the disaster or with God’s support (logistical provision).

2. The believer can be so pre-occupied with the disaster that he fails to remember that Jesus Christ controls history.

3. The believer can be so pre-occupied with disaster that he is distracted from God’s Word.

4. The believer can be so pre-occupied with disaster that he forgets the source–who and what Christ is.

5. The believer can be so pre-occupied with disaster that he becomes involved with human solutions.

6. The believer can be so pre-occupied with the provisions of logistical grace that he forgets the source of logistical grace.

7. The believer can be so pre-occupied with the material things of logistical grace that, having become distracted from the source, he is weakened rather tan strengthened by the support.

8. Both obsessions with impending disaster and obsession with the material things provided by the integrity of God can, in a subtle way, destroy the focus on the source of the blessing, the one who controls history-the Lord Jesus Christ.