Easter is going to be a little different this year.
Instead of shopping for Easter candy and bunny décor, we’ll be scouring the store shelves for toilet paper, hand soap, and milk. Instead of planning family parties and cleaning for visitors, we’ll be planning how to cook using our current food supply and sanitizing every corner of our homes. Instead of getting together with friends, we’ll be cooped up in our homes and cozied up in front of our TVs. It’ll be…different.
He Knows
My small, finite mind likes to jump to conclusions: God doesn’t know what He’s doing. Why would He allow the coronavirus to affect billions of people at this special time of year? Why is He letting churches close, people isolate themselves, and illness impact so many—on the day that His Son rose from the dead?
But God isn’t surprised by the coronavirus. He knows what He’s doing. And if He wanted to, He could calm the chaos in an instant. That simply isn’t part of His plan right now.
It’s not that He doesn’t care about the people who are sick or in pain. But the chaos isn’t chaos in His eyes. He knows how long the pandemic will last. He knows when our lives will return to “normal.” That’s why He’s God and we aren’t.
Know Him
You might be wondering how this post relates to Easter. Well, this post is about seeing how Christ’s resurrection relates to the coronavirus. Which might seem like an odd lesson for Easter.
But I want you to know that God and His power are the same today as they were two thousand years ago when He raised Jesus from the dead. I’m not saying that He’ll wipe out this entire disease tomorrow or heal every single person who has it. I’m simply saying that the power He used to raise Jesus from the dead is the same power that can make the coronavirus disappear.
And [He was] declared to be the Son of God with power according to the Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead. Through Him we have received grace and apostleship for obedience to the faith among all nations for His name, among whom you also are the called of Jesus Christ… (Romans 1:4-6 NKJV)
This passage actually comes from Paul’s introduction to the book of Romans. However, I think that it’s very relevant for our discussion of God’s power. Because if we started applying the life, death, and resurrection of Christ to our current circumstances, life might not seem so scary.
If He could walk on the stormy seas without a single stumble…and hang upon the cross without rebuking His haters or protesting His pain…and rise up from the depths of death and save humanity from its grasp…then the coronavirus must be like a grain of sand on the seashore in His eyes.
I hope you have a happy Easter, even if it looks a bit different this year!
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