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| Pastro Robert Morris |
By Leah MarieAnn
Klett, Christian Post Reporter
In a sermon
delivered March 21, Morris cited
Psalm 42:5, where David says: “Why are you cast down, Oh my soul? And why are
you disquieted within me? Hope in God for I shall yet praise Him for the help
of his countenance.”
“What he’s saying is,
‘This season’s gonna pass. This is just a season. Why are you cast down?’” he
explained.
Another word for “cast
down” is “pressed down,” or “depressed,” Morris said. “When you get in your
car, you depress the gas pedal or depress the brake. You depress.”
“If you say, ‘I’m
depressed,’ or ‘a person has depression,’ here’s what you’re saying, That
person is being pushed down,” he continued. “Who is pushing you down? The enemy
is pushing you down. And you don’t need to agree with the enemy with your mouth.
So don’t be depressed.”
David also uses the
word “disquieted,” which in the Hebrew means “growling,” Morris said, adding,
“He’s talking to himself saying, ‘Why are you growling?’ Or let me put it
another way, ‘Why are you grumbling?’”
“You have to say to
your mind: ‘Stop it,’” Morris stressed. “I mean, I had to do it this last week.
One morning I just got flooded with fear and think about it: If you have a
cough, [you] immediately [think], ‘I must have the coronavirus. I better go get
tested.' You can just keep going: 'I've felt a little achy lately.'”
“I’m not saying don’t
use wisdom ... if you have any of the symptoms, go get tested,” he added. “I’m
just saying, what you know to be true is, we can get depressed, and the enemy
gets on top of us and pushes us down and we get more and more depressed and
then we start grumbling on the inside. You have to tell your soul, ‘Stop
grumbling.’”
“Here’s basically what
David said to his soul: “Shut up. Shut up.' Let’s talk about [how] God is going
to bring us through this season. God is going to get us through this.”
In an earlier video,
Morris offered a prayer asking for a cure from Heaven for COVID-19: “Lord we
come to you in Jesus’ name, we ask you as a nation, even joining with believers
around the world, we ask you for a cure,” he prayed. “We ask you to hear from
Heaven and heal our land and we thank you, according to 1st John, that you hear
our prayers, and that we have the petitions for which we’ve asked.”
The U.S. death total
had surpassed 4,000 and there were more than 189,600 confirmed cases of
COVID-19 early Wednesday, according to the Johns Hopkins University data dashboard.
As the coronavirus
continues to spread across the United States, some states have issued
“stay-at-home orders,” preventing residents from leaving their homes except to
get food or other essential supplies.
A number of pastors
and Christian leaders have urged believers to
use the time of quarantine to refocus their thoughts on God instead of
succumbing to fear.
In a recent message, Tony
Evans, senior pastor of Oak Cliff Bible Church, stressed that the only way to
get more faith and overcome worry is through “expanding your understanding,
view of, and submission to God.”
“The best way I can
help you to work through this crisis ... is to grow God in your understanding,
in your experience, and in your focus,” he stressed, "because when we grow
Him, your faith will grow with it and your worry will shrink and become
responsible concern.”
It’s important to view
“God as a father when it comes to not worrying,” Evans said.
“This father cares for
you. When you come to look at Him this way, understand Him this way, relate to
Him this way, you begin to experience God the daddy and not just God the
Creator,” he said. “God will keep you calm even in a drought, even in a virus.
So I want you to calm down, look at your family members right now who are
seated with you and say, ‘Don’t worry.’”
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