Hello Everyone

God is not in lockdown. When the walls of our lives are pressing in on us and it feels like our shoes have been nailed to the floor lest we wander outside the borders of our designated spaces, we feel increasingly shackled and restricted. Lockdown has made us feel like there is a new face to life. What about all our plans, our time, our relationships, or our ministries? As we continue to do life inside our four walls, there is a niggling thought that is silently bubbling away as we fleetingly wonder, “has COVID got the reins?” But wait! There’s an open window that lets us see out to an unconstrained realm and we realise, with great hope that the realm of the Kingdom of God is open, and the business of God has not changed because God is not in lockdown. We might be contained, but heaven’s doors remain open, and God is moving across the earth and in our lives the same way He always has and always will. In God’s realm, there is no restriction, no containment, and no curbing of His purposes. God is not in lockdown.

God has not been put on hold in this season of confinement and nor have His plans been delayed. He is not marking time, scanning the four walls of His universe, and wondering when to start the clock on His Kingdom commitments again. Nothing contains Him. There are no walls for God. The heavens are not like His safehouse where He goes to hide from the same things that cause us to retreat. God hasn’t retreated because God is not in lockdown. He is untouched by the things that touch our world and continues to put His powerful touch on us, making all the difference. He is still the same, He is still doing what He has always done, and nothing can thwart His grand plans to keep advancing His redemptive story.

Psalm 113 asks a leading question, “who is like the Lord our God who sits enthroned on high yet stoops down and comes in close to His people, raising them out of the ash heap, and repositioning their lives (para)”. That’s who our God is! Uncontained and incomparable! Immense and intimate. Our God is not in lockdown. Imagine that! The same, uncontained God who is seated above the heavens, utterly majestic also moves into our locked down spaces and settles our hearts with His tender presence. There is and will only ever be One who holds the reins of life, God! What a hope and what a comfort that our God is not in lockdown.

So, friends, get your “uncontained God” on today.

Best days to come.
Wen

PS: Oh, and one more thought for the road: one day God is going to kick every sickness and virus to the curb and what a great day that will be.