Two years ago we began to hear of a novel coronavirus emerging overseas, with no real expectation of the global pandemic to come. One year ago, we celebrated a new year expecting that the virus, which now bore the name COVID 19, had crested and that 2021 would be a return to normal. Today we look forward to 2022, and COVID 19 remains in the news. Now most believe pre-COVID normalcy is history. What the future looks like is anyone’s guess.
Well, not exactly. Why not? Because the Lord we serve is sovereign. And while the prevailing culture, COVID and all, has more flux than Doctor Who, the Lord Most High continues to reign. I’ve said this before, He has not been caught off guard. He knows how the pandemic, along with any other crisis that weighs on your mind, will turn out. That alone is refreshing.
But then consider that, of all the ages in all of time He could have placed you, He purposely placed you in this one. You were created to be His disciple today, that He may carry you through all today entails. This makes Psalm 118:24 even more precious, “This is the day that the LORD has made. Let us rejoice and be glad in it.”
Happy New Year! May 2022 be a year in which His glory is displayed across SETX and around the world through your congregation and all who partner with the GTBN.
Bro. Jim