I was recently contacted by the Covid centre to attend for my Booster vaccine. Having had the two previous jabs earlier in the year I had been expecting this notification. Additionally, the word “Booster”, was not an unfamiliar buzz word. In the news constantly the talk was about the wonder of the Booster vaccine, and recent conversations overheard in the street, and in social meets, this word was being upheld as marking a definite line under our inability to fight off the deadly covid virus!
“Things will soon be back to normal”, “we’ll all be free to do as we used to-once we’ve had the Booster”
As I walked out of the local centre, fully vaccinated and Booster card in hand, I pondered about how protected I really was. Agreed, medical science is a wonderful thing, and enormous strides have been made in trying to overcome this recent pandemic, but what about the “ills” of our society, and the natural world? Immorality and crime statistics are at a record high-is there a quick fix vaccine available? It would appear not.
All the Boosters in the world will not give us the peace of mind and joy in our daily lives, that can be obtained by turning our thoughts and energies to the reading of the Bible. The daily reading of which could be the true “boost”, that we so drastically need.
We read in Genesis…
the first book of the bible how God made creation to a perfect design and made man also in His great image. We, as frail human beings have inherited the mortal nature of Adam and Eve.
Hence the state that the world is in.
But all does not have to be lost. God sent his only son as a sacrifice for our sins, and by his crucifixion we can be saved and enjoy eternal life in the new kingdom to come.
All that is asked of us is that we come to Jesus, believe he is the son of God, and be prepared to meet him in his communication to us in the Bible stories. The Bible exists because God wanted us to know of him and his son and the wonderful hope that we can all have if we truly believe and have faith.
In Matthews gospel 7 v7 Jesus says “Ask and it shall be given you; seek and you shall find; knock and it shall be opened unto you. “
God waits patiently, for us to reach him in prayer – can we afford to wait any longer to realise this precious gift that is on offer freely?
As the world continues its downward spiral of depravity, poverty and economic unrest, we can all be given a daily “boost”, of peace, hope and joy. Our daily food of God’s word will give us all the protection we need in these dire times, and remind us that God is, and has always been in control, despite man’s efforts to think that he is his own master.
