As we are all aware, the recent events surrounding the covid-19 have pretty taken over our thoughts, our activities, and our conversations and have greatly affected our lives and day to day living.
It has been quite surreal watching everything close. For a while, means it is huge pandemic every hundred year she visited us 3 or 4 generation. Because of sin. (Exodus 20:5). it was different, it seems many kind of all us and have to see it and effects. This situation offered us all much to reflect upon. We sometimes get so blinded to what we have and how blessed we are until our enemy steal it from us, or taken away from us. Our God is alive, knowing that we are used to giving something up for lent, but never though people would be asked to give up going to church or service. It is just so hard to fathom when things are so uncertain though in the world, it is then that we often remember our dependence on our God. It helps us to realize that this world shouldn't be all that we are living for. In fact, these types of situation open our eyes to how fragile human life is, how quickly life can change and how volatile our society structures is. The prophet Jeremiah remind us that "curse is the man who trust in human beings, who seeks his strength in flesh, whose heart turn away from the Lord. He is like a barren bush in the desert that enjoys no change of season, but stands in a lava of waste, a salt and empty earth. Blessed in the man who trust in the Lord, whose hope is in the Lord. He is like a tree planted beside the waters that stretches out its roots to the stream; it fear not the heat when it comes, it leaves stay green; in the year of drought it shrews no distress, but still bear fruit." (Jeremiah 17:5-8).
The difficult times, as we have allowing us two hour for a walk spot a line for food ration i join the that line that people just pushing each other just to hooked up to be in the front row, this was stop and being dispersed and didn't happen. The next day food was given the long line was there. Bring out the worst and the best in people. It has been wonderful to see people of deep faith spring into action, thank to the prayer warrior they get on their knee and prayed, to offer their support to those who are most vulnerable and assist them in their need.
In this account by the pool of siloam the Lord open the eyes of a blind man. He wipes a mud in his eyes and then has him wash. The man then comes back able to see. With his newfound sight, he gives witness to Jesus before the Jewish leaders, but they do not want to believe. Even though he, his friends and his parents give testimony that he truly was born blind and now miraculous sees. The Jewish leader do not see the miraculous at all, but focus on the fact that Jesus is the healer on the sabbath and use their human law to discredit him. The man blind is brought to faith in Jesus, which is a much deeper vision than the eyesight he has just received. After being thrown out of the synagogue for his testimony to Jesus, he again encounter Jesus who elicits from him to acts of even greater faith, which the man gives. Jesus says to him, "I came into this world for judgment, so that who do not see might see, and those who do see might become blind." (John 9:39). This line is a bit cryptic, but it shows that, that The Lord Jesus opens the eyes of those who recognize they are blind, and those who think that they see, are really unable. This is the spiritual level of course. The Jewish leaders think that they are the ones who can judge because they have the correct vision of who Jesus is. It is actually the poor blind may though who comes to understand, because of his newfound faith. Who Jesus really is. Faith and trust is the Lord lead us into a higher vision of what life is really all about. This current worldwide pandemic challenges us to see what kind of vision we might have.
While it is certainly hard not to be a little anxious about what is going to happen more. What matter is to whom do we turn? In what do we place our trust? Where do we fix our gaze? Do we trust in the world system, which is comfortable one day and torture the next. Or, who do you call? Do we trust in the maker and the Lord of the universe who open our eyes to see that he is the one guiding human history and having us an opportunity to look toward heaven when we will see God face to face. Here in this life having the eyes of faith and seeing all things through his word (John 1:5) is what lead us to peace and life take this opportunity to share his goodness in this generations to come.
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