Worth fighting for?

 

As Covid starts to spread through our societies again with yet another variant, I don’t know about you, but I feel disappointed that we are still not through this virus. We seem to get through one phase, optimistic for the future, and then we are knocked back by the latest development. This virus has certainly changed everything in our generation. 

There is hardly a corner of the planet that has not been impacted by it, and every time we think normality is returning, something challenges that. There is a new variant, the vaccines are not proving as effective, we must wear masks, socially distance, in fact everything we hoped we might never have to do again. 

It always reminds me of my parent’s generation who had to fight through the Second World War in the prime of their lives. It must have seemed to them that this War would never end. Instead of getting married and creating a home, starting families and developing their careers, they had to lay aside every personal preference to fight literally for their lives and their nation. For six years, their lives were completely turned upside down and society was never the same again. Whenever I feel like having a little pity party, I remember my parents’ generation having to wave their loved ones off to fight, see their children separated by evacuation, run to the shelter, eat a very limited diet, bath in a puddle and in every way have their personal preferences laid aside. 

I never imagined that at the end of 2021, we would still be battling with virus issues. I hope it won’t take six long years before we overcome this virus or rather it dies its own natural death. But if it is, how will my faith come out of this? 

The nations may be irrevocably changed but our God is unchanging. This last week or so the phrase And He shall reign for ever and ever has been resonating in my spirit. Leaders, kings, queens, presidents, prime ministers, even dictators come and go but our God reigns and he will never be overthrown. He is King of kings and Lord of lords, and he loves us, and has all our best interests at heart – the rich, famous, infamous, poor, extremely poor, displaced, refugee, alien, he desires all should know him. 

 I am challenged today to stop worrying about my discomfort and inconvenience, my change of plans and instead start aligning myself with what God is saying in this day. Are my prayers, service and finances bringing about His plans and purposes? Like a small child crying for the moon because they realise they may not get what they want, can I stop crying for my way of life that may never return but instead realise that God’s plans for my life, your life, the planet is worth fighting for. God is calling his Church to fight to come out of this viral war stronger, more focused on him, better equipped in every way, changed irrevocably for Him.