Do Not Fear

What is it you are afraid of today? Running out of rice and lentils and bread and milk? May be  catching the Coronavirus too?  May be suffering from a prolonged illness? Yes, we ought to be concerned about these eventualities. But we have to try to understand  that our worries  and  our fears do not negate God’s power and  authority over all diseases, famines, perils and  sicknesses.

“So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous hand.” (Isaiah 41:10).

In every generation,  adversaries have re-invented the same old story lines of doom and gloom. Only  their tactics are more overt and have gotten more brash and unbelievable, to the point of being stale  and so have come to believe and accept defeat and live in a depressed and fear-based mentality   God knew there would be chaos and times of uncertainty in the world. That’s why God gave us His relevant ‘Word’ (the Bible) for every situation and for every generation!

Saint James tells us, “Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing songs to God.” The  prayer said in faith will save the sick person, and the Lord will raise him up.” (James 5:13).

We believe that God heals, but we also must believe that healing is not always the only path that He chooses for us. Sometimes His perfect plan for our lives is to allow us to suffer and experience diseases and hardships. The reason for this reasoning is that He can often teach us  His fruitful ways   through sufferings that we would never be able to learn from any book or  by always being in the state of wellbeing, comfort and success!

  Some of the greatest blessings in this world have come from God’s power in the midst of trials. Our Lord changes us, moulds us, strengthens us and builds us through hardship. There is nothing more uplifting  than the experience of being comforted by Our Lord in our hour of darkness!

The world  is surrounded by the Corona Virus and we are full of anxiety and fear but we all need to understand that God has  surrounded us with  His Spirit.” We are surrounded by the Corona (Halo) of God's glory! His protection is all around us. His Presence, power and protection is wherever  we are right now - we  are surrounded by His glory.

His resurrection has caused millions of His people to become resurrected in various areas of their lives. The purpose of this message is to encourage us to take a good look at ourselves and recognize that we have real, spiritual needs that require God’s touch to be resurrected. God gives us what we need, but the only way to access it all is through the Cross. If we are to reign with Him, inherit with Him, we must suffer also (as Jesus and the Saints did).

With what is happening around the world and in our own country?  The important decision to make in our lives now is to believe in Jesus Christ as our only Savior and Lord who can help us now and always.   God has told us that in this world we will have troubles and problems - even the corona virus! We have to look beyond the immediate. He advises us to see what lies ahead. We have to deal with this pandemic in complete Faith, Hope, Trust and devotion in our Risen Christ the Lord.

Wish you all a Blessed Easter, filled with the Peace, Joy and love of our Risen Lord Jesus Christ.