REVERSE ISOLATION

Something got me to thinking this week, and I want share it with you. Recently, I visited a man in the hospital who has lung cancer. The sign posted on his door read “REVERSE ISOLATION.” Of course it meant that visitors must wear a surgical mask. The purpose of the mask wasn’t to protect me from the cancer patient (his cancer wasn’t contagious). The mask was needed to protect him from me. In his weakened condition, he was extremely vulnerable to even the slightest sickness that I may have in my body. Even though he was the patient, he needed protection from potential carriers of a problem that could worsen his condition.

As Apostolic Christians, we need to be cognizant of the “REVERSE ISOLATION” concept. We are called to minister to the hurting and the hopeless. My fear is not that I am going to catch their problems, their sin. Not that they are going to bring something harmful into my life, but the bigger concern is that I might introduce something into their weakened system that could do deeper damage. My words, my attitude, my spirit, must all be veiled with a surgical mask of humility and sensitivity. I don’t want a negative something from my mind or spirit to cause an already vulnerable soul to take a turn for the worse.

Think about it: The effort that is intended to do good, can do more harm than good if we haven’t humbled ourselves, prayed, fasted, marinated in His word. Jesus could confidently lay His hand on the leper in Matthew 8 without fear that disease would be transmitted in either direction. Because He was practicing REVERSE ISOLATION. His words, actions, and motives had already been anointed for this moment.

With the covering of Holy Ghost enveloping our lives, let’s minister to the helpless and the hopeless like never before. Let’s love them and lead them to Jesus Christ!

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