"IN TIMES LIKE THESE YOU NEED..."

Because of the Corona virus, our world has been ‘turned upside down’. None of us has ever experienced what is now occurring in our lifetime and in our country. Perhaps it has caused us to consider what we really need in this life, rather than just what we want. There is definitely a need for food to sustain life. Because of health problems, there is a need for many to see a doctor, others may need to be hospitalized. Grandparents truly need to hug their grandchildren. Students need to be in school. There is a great need for family members who are separated to be together again. There is a great need for an owner to open his/her business soon! There are people who need to go back to work. There are multitudes of family members who need to see their loved ones who are in hospitals and nursing homes! There are individuals who are in the Emergency Room, Intensive Care Unit or in a hospital room who are in critical condition, who desperately need a loved one to hold their hand and express words of comfort and love to them. There are Christians who have a great need to assemble with their brothers and sisters in Christ to worship Almighty God and Jesus Christ. During this crisis, we should all realize that we really don’t have control over what a tomorrow may bring in this life. In the epistle of James, we read, “Come now , you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, spend a year there, buy and sell, and make a profit”; whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away. Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we shall live and do this or that” (4:13-15). We all agree that we need a cure for Covid-19; however the greatest need we have in this life is Jesus Christ who gave His life for us on Calvary’s cross. There is a disease of the heart and it is called sin. If it is not removed, it will lead to death (Romans 6:23). Jesus was born to be the Savior of the world (Luke 2:11). In fact, He came to “seek and to save that which was lost” (Luke 19:10). Jesus, the great Physician, came to call sinners to repent (Matthew 9:12,13). The hope that we have in Jesus Christ, is the anchor of our soul that is “both sure and steadfast (Hebrews 6:19). Read carefully the words of the apostle Peter, when asked by his hearers what they should do to be saved, “Repent and let every one of you be baptised in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.”. The “saved” were added to the church, the body of believers (Acts 2:36-38;47). In this time of uncertainty, anxiety, being quarantined, loss of loved ones, worry, fear of contacting the virus, etc.; it is comforting to know that God “desires all men to be saved”(2 Peter 3:9). Truly, it can be said, “In times like these you need a Savior.” “In times like these you need an anchor Be very sure, be very sure Your anchor holds and grips the Solid Rock This Rock is Jesus, Yes He's the One This Rock is Jesus, the only One Be very sure, be very sure Your anchor holds and grips the Solid Rock”