“For I know that my Redeemer lives,
and at the last he will stand upon the earth.
And after my skin has been thus destroyed,
yet in my flesh I shall see God.” (Job 19:25-26).

Lord my Saviour,

We’re coming up to the Easter season, when we remember Your death in our place, bearing the sin of the world, bearing our condemnation. When we remember that the grave is not the end of the story, but that You rose from the dead, that You are alive today.

We know that our Great Redeemer lives.

In our suffering, in a day when a virus, a disease spreads throughout our world. Our world is afflicted, just like Job, and it’s affecting our daily lives, as we are limited in what we can do. We grieve the deaths that we hear and read about from this fearsome disease. And yet, You are the living God, and Your love for us, perfect and faithful and unfailing, drives out our fear, our fear of death, because You are the God who has brought us to life in Christ, so that no matter what happens to us, we belong to Him, and we will live with You forever. Here on this earth, keep us with You. Keep our eyes fixed on You. We are not alone, for we have You. Help us to see You - in Your Word, in ways You work.

So no matter what happens today or tomorrow, however our circumstances turn out, whatever happens with COVID-19, though we don’t know how it will turn out, we do know that ultimately, in the end, You will stand victorious. You already do, for You have defeated death and its power, You have defeated sin and its power, and You have bought and paid for our lives, to give us full and abundant and eternal life.

Lord, may this truth cause us to well up with joy and confidence, to see that, though we are weak, though we face this evil in virus form, we have the mighty, victorious God on our side. You are on Your throne, and You will see us through till the end.

Thank You for this grand assurance.

It’s in Jesus’ great name we pray,
Amen.

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