Jesus in Our Boat

UV 4118/10000 Jesus in Our Boat He replied, “You of little faith, why are you so afraid? Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the waves, and it was completely calm.” Matthew 8 v 26 The projections of infection and death in the second wave of the current covid pandemic are going through the roof. The estimates are that 650000 may die by year end of covid. Even young children are being affected. The strain is highly infectious and even escaping detection in the usual test. Millions have lost their income, jobs, loved ones. I was anguished to hear of a 35 year old young father down to oxygen level of 60 today but not getting oxygen or admission in an ICU of a hospital in Delhi. But the Lord says, “ Why are you so afraid?” We can rise like Jesus and rebuke the second wave with the authority of Christ. We can plead and intercede for the lives of the affected. If Jesus is not in our boat ( our lives) we need to ask the Lord to enter and be part of our lives for He alone has the solution for every human problem. He alone demonstrated his authority and power over the fury of nature, over the spiritual world of demons, over disease and afflictions of every kind. The moment Jesus commanded the waves and winds, it became perfectly calm and peaceful. We need Jesus to rise over India and the world and say to the virus, “ Peace, be still, second wave cease and no more.” We should exercise all possible precautions, take the vaccines as early as possible and adopt good anti- covid immunity boosting practices and preempt the virus. That said, we should spend more time on our knees, feet and prostrate praying the Lord has mercy on our nations. We can imitate the Lord Jesus in using God-given authority and power to command the second wave to subside all over the nation and the world at large. We can ask the Lord to do what doctors, scientists and others cannot do- to eliminate the virus and stop the ravages it is causing to homes, families, economies around the world. Like in the time of Noah, the Lord will blow a wind that will cause the pandemic (the flood) to subside and ebb away. There is so much depressing news coming from all over. We can ask the Lord to send us the Holy Spirit, the Encourager and to also send Him, the Comforter to the bereaved, the afflicted in hospitals. We need to pray for wisdom and insight for the authorities to take the right steps now on. We also need to pray to strengthen the vast army of medical personnel, paramedics, ambulance staff and other essential services like the police. Those of us who are not yet affected should hide in the new ark of faith- Jesus and try our best not to add to the burden of hospitals and the already stretched to its limits- medical infrastructure.