LEARNING
TO LIVE WITH THE CORONA VIRUS?
For
in Him we live and move and have our being, as also some of your own poets
have said,
‘For we are also His offspring’ – Acts 17:28 [NKJV]
‘For we are also His offspring’ – Acts 17:28 [NKJV]
Corona virus is a demonic plague. It was
first manifested in Wuhan, China, in the latter part of 2019 and named Covid-19.
It sneaked into the other cities and nations of the world in subsequent months.
In the first quarter of 2020, WHO described it as a pandemic (or say epidemic).
Today, it has been described as an endemic; generally meaning it has come to
stay. At the time of this writing, our scientists are yet to fully comprehend
the nature of this novel virus. We are thus admonished to learn to live with it
and either live or perish!
Like Satan, Corona virus, came not except
to steal, kill and destroy. It is stealing lives, businesses, families, churches,
organisations, cities and nations through its accompanied mass weapons of heightened
conspiracy theories, suspicions, anxieties and fears. It continues to kill
thousands, having already slayed about 300,000 of its over six million preys. It
continues to destroy livelihoods, businesses, organisations, cities and world
economies. Nonetheless some intellectual experts and political leaders are
admonishing their citizenry to learn to live with this vicious virus, because there
is no vaccine or antidote yet.
Learning to live with a vicious foe, such
as Corona virus, is a fatal lethal injection. Likewise weapons of mass destruction,
Corona virus is not an enemy that deserves our love. It needs not to be
tolerated but must always be resisted, conquered, dominated and rooted out. Scientific
protocols are not the only ways to defeat a brutal virus like Covid-19. Mere observance
of human-centred protocols or measures alone may breed frustration, disappointment and disbelief.
A body without a spirit is dead, or is a
feared corpse. Human-centred and well-intentioned measures devoid of spiritual
truths are deadly injections. No wonder Covid-19 is still a force to reckon
with despite the observance of all the associated protocols, hence the ongoing
easing of the various restrictions and the soundbites and jingles on ‘learn to
live with it’ – a probable indication of losing the battle against the virus.
Faith without works is dead and vice versa.
A potent combination of faith in God through His word and godly common sense
measures are central to conquering and rooting out the Corona virus. Do not just
choose to live with the virus but rather strive to conquer, dominate and
overcome it. God expects humankind to conquer and dominate anything He allows
to exist. The only invincible weapon that overcomes this world and anything
associated with it is faith in God and the doing of godly works which can only
be done by born-again believers. “For whatever is born of God overcomes the
world. And this is the victory that overcomes the world, our faith. Who is he
who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God” – 1 John
5:4-5 [NKJV]. This simply means that it takes
Christ-centred faith and works to overcome this world. Indeed you can immerse
yourself in 100% alcohol-based sanitizers and still perish by this tiny cruel Covid-19
if your faith is only centred in scientific protocols.
It takes faith in Jesus (believing that He
is the Son of God) to execute faith-anchored-works which always deliver
overcoming and victorious outcomes, including defeating Covid-19. For there is
no other name on earth that has been given to mankind to be saved except Jesus.
Unlike Corona virus, Jesus came to this earth to conquer sin and death of all
kinds so that you might have eternal life and have it more abundantly, even
after your physical death. Jesus is the only begotten Son God has given to this
world so that whoever believes in Him will not perish by Corona virus or sin
but shall have eternal life in this world and beyond.
Refuse to live with a wicked killer such
as Covid-19. Do not just follow every wind of medical, political or mere
religious doctrines but endeavour to filter them with your faith in Christ to
avert deceptive philosophies of men. More importantly, choose to strengthen your
faith in Jesus Christ for in Him we live, move and have our being. In Him lies
the weapon to conquer and obliterate this and every savage virus. It is always
better and wise to live with Jesus. Receive Him!
Richard Obeng Mensah, author of Wisdom
Thoughts .The
writer is a Minister of God, and a certified Life and Leadership Coach. He is
also a lawyer, a legal academic, and a prolific author of 7 books and over 200
articles. Blog:
www.richard-obeng-mensah.blogspot.com Email: richardobengmensah@gmail.com © 6 May 2020
