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Hello, this is Pastor Don Willeman of Christ Redeemer Church. Welcome to a special-edition series of the Kingdom Perspective.

What should we do in the face of the coronavirus?

We should commit our lives to God’s eternal safe-keeping.

This pandemic reveals that we do not ultimately control our lives. God is in control. Not us. Your life is not your own. You belong to Him. Your life is in His hands. And, for those who know God as their loving heavenly Father through Jesus Christ, this is a very good thing.

The New Testament writer Jude speaks of God as the One “who is able to keep you”. “Keep” means to guard and protect. We see similar sentiment in Romans 8 where we are told that “if God is for us who can be against us” (Romans 8:31). The ruler and judge of heaven and earth is for us. Indeed, he died for our sin!

And so, God is in the business of keeping His people safe in His grace. God has promised to complete the salvation that he has begun in us, namely that through all the trial and trouble of this world we shall be transformed into the likeness of Jesus Christ (Romans 8:29). This is God’s good and sure plan.

Thus, there is no reason for us to react in fear. History shows that fearful people do foolish things. Desperate people make desperate moves. However, we have no reason to feel desperate.

We are, thus, free to act in faith-filled wisdom, for we know that in whatever comes our way we are more than conquerors through him who loves us, and that nothing shall be separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Romans 8:37-39).

Something to think about from The Kingdom Perspective.