It is now 1:00 a.m. on Thursday morning, March 12, 2020.
As I get ready to set the timer to release this issue of the Daily Brief at 5:00 a.m. later this morning, one thing rings very clear in my spirit:
Tonight . . . the whole world is QUIET.
Here in the United States, the athletes of the NBA have put away their basektballs; other athletes on the Ivy League campuses are seeing their spring schedules canceled; universities are shutting down, opting for online strategies to help their students complete the demands of their curriculum, and so on, and so on, and so on.
In Hollywood, famous actors and actresses are now quarantined, being screened for the coronavirus; game shows are playing to an empty auditorium; and late-night talk shows must be talking to themselves, in front of an empty audience.
The world is shutting down . . .
Work routines are being disrupted; nations are being quarantined, and everywhere, we wait.
I wonder: if this is what it takes for GOD to get our attention? Not that He does this out of the mercy of His heart . . . but is He using this global pandemic to cause us all to stop, to take stock, to repent, and to find Him?
May it be so, O Lord, may it be so.
It is written: "For when Your judgments are in the earth, The inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness." (Isaiah 26:9)
Let's hold each other in prayer, while Almighty God brings us through the days that now lie ahead.
In His Grace and Glory,
Sara Ballenger, President
Capitol Hill Prayer Partners