SELF ISOLATION & SOCIAL DISTANCING

SELF ISOLATION; SOCIAL DISTANCING

All of us have become familiar with 'Self Isolation' and 'Social Distancing' since COVID-19 started.

Catching the corona virus is not pleasant because it makes you sick and it can even cause death. Because information about coronavirus was copious on the news and on social media, people, out of fear, obeyed the social distancing rules. In some instances, those who had slight flu symptoms distanced themselves from their loved ones.

This was an unusual way of life for most people. Therefore people started reaching others on social media to keep communicating. families, friends, Churches, organisations researched and made use of the best ways to speak to each other and also see each other. Loved ones desired to express their love for each other through 'virtual hugs' from distances.

Although the separation helped reduce the spread of the virus and people were protected from physical infection, many individuals were affected emotionally. The elderly and the aged who are not on smart phones and those who are not computer savvy were left out of 'internet gatherings'.

This proves to us that man is made to live in love. Man thrives where there is love. Man was made for relationships. Without love, man exists but does not live the fullness of life.

 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.
1 John 4:7-8 

We love Him because He first loved us. 

1 John 4:19 

When we receive GOD'S love in our heart, we first give it back to GOD, expressing our love for Him. Then we look for opportunities to share that love with others. This love is the lifeline of a Christian and it has to flow. It is the river of life that flows into us and flows through us.

 No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abides in us, and His love has been perfected in us.
1 John 4:12 

This love is the richness of the fellowship of believers. There is a healthy receiving and giving of GOD'S pure love. This is how the Kingdom of GOD is built with living stones on the Chief Corner Stone of CHRIST JESUS our LORD.

 But above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection.
Colossians 3:14 

This love of GOD that is shared among the Christians is the light that shines in this dark world.

 By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another."
John 13:35 

 This is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that God is light and in Him is no darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin. 

1 John 1:5-7 

It is so also with sin. We may be ashamed of our sinful nature, weaknesses and addictions. Today you can know that there is a way out for you. Come to the cross of JESUS. He suffered and died for your sake to set you free from the power of your sin. He sets you free from shame, guilt and fear. His blood cleanses you and you can live in victory! You don't need to hide from others and isolate yourself anymore. You can come to the light and have sweet fellowship with Christians.

 Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
Romans 5:5 

The Holy Spirit who is love, is the spiritual life of a believer. To live a healthy Christian life, we have to allow the Holy Spirit to take control and thrive in our lives.

Sin is like the coronavirus. If we do not overcome sin in our lives, we will be spiritually sick and could even succumb to eternal death! 

 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice. And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God in Christ forgave you.
Ephesians 4:30-32 

we will also spread these wrong attitudes that are not of love. Our attitudes, words and actions, like the cough and sneeze will manifest hatred, envy and strife. This will defile some, like catching the infection, causing them to react with similar behaviour. Others will distance themselves, isolating individuals who exhibit such behaviour. Still others, like the health workers, with protective gear on, go into the wards of infected patients, to see them treated and restored!

Blood plasma from recovered COVID-19 patients is hoped to introduce fresh antibodies to fight the virus in sufferers. It's a technique that's been used for more than a century, and generally has few side effects. 

Having practised as a Medical Officer, this truth became clear to me, pointing to the spiritual situations.

Those of us sinners, who have experienced the amazing grace of GOD through the blood of the LORD JESUS, are like the recovered patients who have the solution! We need not fear the plague, but should stand in the gap and call on GOD and intercede on behalf of the nations. We must pray not only for physical healing, but for the spiritual healing of people through forgiveness of sins. The LORD JESUS alone has the power to heal and to save.


 That was the true Light which gives light to every man coming into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him. He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him. But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.
John 1:9-14