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In the last three months, we have experienced the lockdown due to the COVID19 pandemic. We were all shocked and we patiently waited for this to end and stayed in our homes. Now the home is where we work, study, listen, and watch church services and vacation with family. For me as an employee for almost thirteen years, I did not experience a big break from work and because of this community quarantine, I was able to have a vacation and spend time with my family. People have different circumstances and perspective of this lockdown, its either advantageous or disadvantageous, but one thing is for sure, everything has a purpose. God planned this to happen, in order for us to reflect in our past, where we did wrong and how can we correct at present, to straighten our future paths.
We design our own future with the decisions we make every day and we are writing our destiny and we are liable on what are the results of our actions. But sometimes or always, there are things that are uncertain and not part of the plan, but it will turn out to be great. Just like Joseph in Genesis, when he was sold by his brothers as a slave in Egypt, he realized that he has a mission and he accepted his fate because he understood later that God sent him first to this land to save his family from famine. Just like him, every one of us has a mission, and let's ask for God's guidance on how to fulfill them.
In day one of this mid-year prayer and fasting in our church, the main topic is about World Mission. Today we are reminded that our mission is to proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ on the cross and to fulfill his mission, we must have the power of the holy spirit. In Luke 24:46-47, it is said in this gospel that Christ should suffer and on the third day he will rise from the dead, and the repentance for the forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations beginning from Jerusalem. Moreover, the power of the Holy Spirit was proclaimed in John 13:16-17, in which it was promised that God the Father will give another helper to be with us forever, even in the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him or knows him. We know him for he dwells with us and will be with us.
With the gospel and the promise of a helper, which is the Holy Spirit, we are fully equipped to work on our mission in sharing the message to our family, friends, workmates, relatives, and neighbors. We should not be afraid to step forward and change our paths to righteousness. We are filled with the Holy Spirit if we pray and meditate on God's word and asked him for his guidance in everything that we do. We have a mission to do great things to the community, we can help each other in this time of trial, and that's how we keep our mission alive in the name of our savior, Jesus Christ.
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