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Serving God Even Under Lockdown

Serving God Even Under Lockdown

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By Mesha Oh

Serving God is one way of describing the purpose of human life.

And how does one serve God? One way of serving God is by serving God’s creatures. God’s creatures include human beings, but other beings too, including animals, birds and plants.

Serving God through serving God’s creatures is possible everywhere and in any and every situation we may find ourselves in.

Today, much of the world is faced with the COVID-19 pandemic. In this situation, there are many ways people can serve God through serving God’s creatures. For instance, large numbers of people, including doctors, nurses and volunteers, are engaged in serving people who are afflicted with the COVID-19 virus, providing them medical assistance. Their bravery, commitment and compassion are truly impressive.

But what about many people—like me—who, for some reason or the other, are not engaged in this sort of service? The fact is that we—even those of us who are under ‘lockdown’ in their homes on account of the virus—can still engage in serving God through serving God’s creatures in many different ways.

Instead of thinking of how one can engage in such service using one’s own reasoning, it is good to seek God’s guidance in this matter. A good way to go about doing this is to make a request for this to God every morning after one gets up. One can make a prayer like this, “O God, please bless me with ample opportunities to serve You through serving Your creatures today. And, God, please lead me to avail of those opportunities in the manner that pleases You the most.”

Having made a prayer like this, we can hope that God will provide us many chances of serving Him that day through serving His creatures.

Here are some ways in which we can serve God through serving His creatures even while we may be under lockdown in our homes because of the COVID-19 virus:

I would like to share some recent personal experiences to illustrate how even while staying at home we can continue to engage in acts of service to God’s creatures. The purpose here is not to brag, but, rather, to share with others and inspire them.

Opportunities to serve God through serving God’s creatures are always available in plenty, even for those of us who, today, for some reason or the other, may be unable or unwilling to step out of our homes with the coronavirus pandemic raging around. Request God for guidance in this matter and, if it is His will, He will open up many, many avenues for you to serve Him through serving His creatures!

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