Our God is a good God!
In this hour of a pandemic, it is important for every believer in our Lord Jesus Christ to have answers to some basic fundumental questions the world is grappling with, like:
- Is Corona God’s idea? (1 John 1:5 This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all.)
- Does the coronavirus reflect character of Christ? (James 1:17 Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.)
- Does our loving God send viruses, sickness, death, turmoil, to show Himself strong even after the cross of Christ?(1 Peter 2:24 “He himself bore our sins” in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; “by his wounds you have been healed.”)
- Is God using the devil as His messenger boy?(James 1:13 Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man, even in the book of Job, temptation/test was not God’s idea)
- Is God behaving like the mafia godfather (creating fear to gain respect)?(1 John 4:18 There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not abeen perfected in love) Yes there’s Godly fear like in Romans 2:5-9, but this isn’t the same as fear of a tyrant, or a dictator. To fear God is absolute reverence and awe for an Almighty God, the Creator of all things.
Notice: the church of Christ has NEVER been closed down worldwide by the faithfuls willingly due to fear of the devil’s works (a virus in this case) or in obedience to worldly authorities, not even during the world wars. So could God be behind all this pain, death, confusion and fear? Does it make Him look good or that doesn’t matter to Him?
No! If God was behind all that is happening, it would make Him look very bad, i guess you may agree. That is not like our God!
However, by the time all this virus dust settles down, maybe the truth about this virus shall be revealed and for everything the devil intended, our God will have turned the whole situation around for His glory. (Romans 8:28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.)
So it may not be right, to just attribute this virus to our God, its bad PR and that doesn’t reflect God’s character at all especially after Christ!
As believers who know their God, let us continue to tell the world that “our God is a good God all the time” (John 10:10b ) for that is His nature and remind the world that the devil is a bad devil if we must (John 10:10a).
Thank you Jesus!.
Charis Uganda