Be Humble - Especially When You Don't Know Everything

When Everything Is Not Obvious

In the day 41 #CaliforniaQuarantine devotional, it was mentioned that everybody has their own opinion about the proper response to the coronavirus and it seems that most everybody seems intent on publicizing that opinion as the only right opinion. For many reasons, we need to be extremely careful with this. Read this article to understand some of the reasons why and how we as Christians have an opportunity to act in a way that glorifies God.

Here’s an excerpt from the article to get you going:

“At some point, it may be obvious all the ways we made a massive problem less deadly or made a serious crisis worse. But at the moment—in the fog of a pathogenic war—it only takes fives minutes on Twitter to realize that the best way forward is not patently obvious …

One lesson I’d suggest - epistemic humility. That’s just a fancy way of saying, let’s be mindful of what we truly know and of all the things we don’t really know. Along the same lines, let’s pray for our leaders to be men and women of wisdom and courage who want to do the right thing and the best thing no matter what it is and no matter who gets the credit. And finally, admitting our finite knowledge should make us gracious toward those who want the same ends in the crisis but don’t reach all the same conclusions.”