There is something very personal I want to share with you. A few weeks ago, my father went to see a doctor for a bump on his head. Unexpectedly to all of us the tests revealed that the “bump” was a tumor and the lymphoma from which he had been healed a few months earlier returned. The only solution the doctor suggested was medication that has only 30% chance of success. He said that after 3 months he would evaluate my father to see if the medicine worked. The medicine was awfully expensive but got approved by insurance in record time. This was miracle number one. Within 3 days of the diagnosis my Dad started taking it. Three more days later the tumor was completely gone! This is a report of an amazing miracle that was a huge encouragement and witness of God’s incredible power to so many people who know my Dad. It made me think of this – COVID-19 pandemic is a bump that has exposed some ugly tumors. It has exposed the deception, corruption, evil intentions, false solutions. More so, I believe it will accelerate certain events that must happen before Christ returns. Nobody has a cure or a solution to shelter us from this calamity. But in the midst of all the confusion and fear, God is doing His incredible work. He is separating the light from the darkness, wheat from chaff, sheep from goats. He has considered you and me by name, with our pressing needs, hidden fears, altered plans and unfulfilled dreams. He is taking time to shape us, perfect us, brush off anything that does not bare His stamp of approval, so that we may know Him as the Way Maker, the Miracle Worker, the Promise Keeper, the Great I AM. To survive and thrive during this time each one of us must have a clear answer to two questions:
- Are you on the side of Christ today? If not, you are against Him. There is no more middle ground.
- Are you gathering with Him? If not, you are scattering? There is no more time for “casual” Christianity.
Together in the Great Commission we have a chance to make the biggest impact yet for Christ!
Your fellow servants of Christ,
Chuck and Helen Todd