Contagious - Are you contagious?

The dictionary defines contagious as (of a disease) spread from one person or organism to another by direct or indirect contact. (of an emotion, feeling or attitude) likely to spread to and affect others. This morning as I listened to Sunday service the minister who gave the message said, “Don’t get too close, I’m contagious!” I knew at that moment “contagious” would be the subject of this message.

Although the title of this writing asks a question, Are you contagious?, based on the definition I would say that we are all contagious. We affect people by our emotions, feelings or attitudes. If we take a moment to think about it, any social media is contagious. When we listen to the news, YouTube or read whatever pops up on our mobile phone we are contracting a disease. Based on what is said in the news or social media our emotions, feelings, or attitudes can run a muck. Many times we can be moved to behave in a certain way (good or bad) that we would not necessarily do if we had not experienced what was presented to us; we are reacting to the disease.

The other definition for contagious is a type of disease that can be spread from one person or organism to another by direct or indirect contact. When we hear of a disease that will impact our physical body and is contagious we make every effort to avoid the person that has the disease and we take whatever vaccine that is necessary to prevent us from contracting the ailment.

Scriptures teaches us that we are to…test everything; hold fast what is good.(1Thessalonians 5:21, ESV) However, we do not take the same precautions when it comes to what we put into our minds. The Bible says, Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.(Romans 12:2)

It is interesting that the Bible teaches us to guard our mind, but the world says to protect your body. Our mind is more at risk of contracting a deadly disease than our body ever will be. We should treat everything we hear, see or read as a contagious disease and be very cautious about what we let our spirits receive. We all should remember that we are contagious as well and we need to be very careful about what diseases we may be spreading.

Jesus replied: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.” This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as your self.’ Matthew 22:37-39, NIV We should all be spreading the disease of love!

Affirmations: Matthew 10:20; Luke 24:32; Ephesians 6:19, Isaiah 55:11

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