For most of us our world has changed the way we live. Our survival instincts have had to kick in so we can take care of our family.
Some of us have been deemed essential workers, some home school teachers, some have become chiefs, and so many others have had to step up and do whatever the job would call for in order to try and have our families live a life as close to normal as possible.
We are at war but not with man, with a virus. We did not want to fight, but we must in order to survive. But our fight must become a spiritual one in order for us and our family to truly win this battle.
We go to church, read our bible when we can, pay our tithes and offering, and pray.
So why are we experiencing this battle throughout the world?
Because we have made life our God and the Lord says In
Exodus 20:3-5
3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.
5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
We have put the Lord second in our life and everything else first. We have become so much like the world that for most of us the sinner cannot tell the difference between us and them.
We have lost our first love.
Mark 12:30
And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this [is] the first commandment.
It is time for us to repent, humble ourselves and call on Jesus to heal our land.
Through out the land we have been ordered to stay home except when we must go out to either survive or help others.
Let us take advantage of this time and get to know the Lord and our family. Let us fall in love with Jesus all over again. Let this be a time for husbands and wives to remember why you made a covenant with the Lord and each other.
Let us spend time enjoying all those special gifts the Lord has given us even if they make us feel as though we can’t do this new job we have been called to do.
Let us check on our neighbors, friends and other family members. Don’t wait to be asked, just let us give a helping hand at a distance with love.
And most of all, let us pray. Lets pray for protection and peace of mind. The devil is the one that puts fear in our hearts. We must learn to rest in the peace of the Lord.
2 Timothy 1:7
For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
Use the power that has been placed in you and join us in prayer to fight this war so we as a nation can win this battle in victory.