The Rider on the Pale Horse

The Rider on the Pale Horse (of Revelation) rides on as the Coronavirus crisis continues.  As yet we are not in lockdown in the UK, but even our local Waitrose is showing signs of panic buying - the loo roll and paracetamol shelves were empty when we visited this afternoon!

Will our meetings and our door to door work soon be stopped for the duration?  We wait and see.  It will be a test on us to keep going even so, doing the best we can to study God's word, live it, and preach it without any dangerous direct contact.

And our online thought for the day - our Daily Scripture - will be of immeasurable value.

Here is today's based on Romans 12:2, which says:  "And stop being moulded by this system of things, but be transformed by making your mind over, so that you may prove to yourselves the good and acceptable and perfect will of God."

"Some people resist the idea of having anyone mold or influence their thoughts. “I think for myself,” they say. They probably mean that they make their own decisions and that it is proper to do so. They do not wish to be controlled, nor do they want to surrender their individuality. We can be assured, however, that bringing our thinking into harmony with Jehovah’s does not mean giving up all individual thought or expression. As stated at 2 Corinthians 3:17, “where the spirit of Jehovah is, there is freedom.” We are free to develop our own distinct personalities. We can have our personal preferences and choose our fields of interest. Indeed, Jehovah designed us to do so. However, we cannot use our freedom without restraint. (1 Pet. 2:16) When it comes to issues of right and wrong, Jehovah wants us to be guided by his thinking as revealed in his Word."

We need to draw close to our Creator as never before in these dangerous times.  If the worst comes to the worse, "underneath are the everlasting arms".  Everlasting arms do not go away, they do not fail to catch and hold.  And if we remain in Jehovah's memory, he will wake us up to see this beautiful world again. And then it will be with the prospect of living forever on this lovely planet, with all causes for suffering gone.