Cultivating a ministerial culture around COVID-19
Website design By BotEap.comThe spring of the year 2020 will forever be historic in America. It was in the spring of 2020 that most Americans came face to face with the Corona virus, also known as COVID-19. This highly contagious viral infection has been the reason schools, businesses, day care centers, movie theaters, and even churches have been closed. Disney has closed all of its theme parks for the first time since opening in 1955.
Website design By BotEap.comSupermarkets are barely able to keep food on the shelves, especially items like hand sanitizer, toilet paper, and paper towels. Amid all the panic, what is the role of the church? Or of the believer? I have had conversations with people who wondered how it is that places of worship have gone dark. Why are the doors of the houses of God closed? Why aren’t there enough livestreams, prayer calls, or videos to offer hope? Very few pastors seem to be reaching out to parishioners during this season and those who are mature in the faith seem disappointed while the children in the faith seem bewildered. Everyone is looking for answers and the leaders in the body of Christ have a divine responsibility to nurture the flock in this season. Real leaders take situations like a pandemic or other disaster to point people to the cross; encouraging them to embrace and trust the word of God.
Website design By BotEap.comWhen the panic of recent world events broke out, I was immediately forced to go to the word of God. I made the decision to take comfort in his promises to remain firm in the idea that no matter what happens in our society, God will take care of his people. Isaiah 41:10 in KJV says “Do not worry; because I am with you: do not lose heart; for I am your God: I will strengthen you; I will help you; yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness“As God’s people, we must be the peace that unbelievers see! We must TO KNOW that God is our eternal peace so that an unsaved world can ask us how we can be calm in a world gone mad. Isaiah 51:3 says that God will do it.”comfort Zion (the church): he will comfort all her desolate places;“This means that no matter the situations we face or the people we meet, the Lord will always bless His people.
Website design By BotEap.comThe situation in which we find ourselves due to the COVID-19 virus has forced us to face the reality of identifying with certainty which side we are on. It is now that the decision of whether or not to be a person of faith is before all of us. Those of us who walk with Christ have to be resilient, confident and sure of who our God is, know that He is fully capable of sustaining us and understand that the Bible points to events like this taking place in the last days. Mark 24:7-8″For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there will be pestilences, and famines, and earthquakes, in diverse places. All this is the beginning of sorrows.“These are the times the body of Christ should have been preparing for! We should be the sober voice of reason this season to offer comfort to those who do not know Christ as Savior during these perilous times. These are the last These are the perilous times referred to in 2 Timothy 3:1.This virus is to be the mirror to show us who we are in God, where we are in our relationship with Him and fervently embrace a passion to see souls transformed.
Website design By BotEap.comAlthough we cannot predict the end of the Corona Virus outbreak or even others to come, we can be sure that the word of God is always true. God is speaking to the church through this modern crisis. We must realize that in the midst of the chaotic environment that a fallen world has created, it is our best moment as a body. Let us strive to come even closer to the cross, deepen in intercessory prayer and allow God to take us to higher heights in Him. Finally, let us take advantage of this situation to speak to those who are saved even more to help the lost to find the strength, courage and perseverance that can only come from knowing Jesus.