“He’s not here, for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.” Matthew 28:6 Ukraine shall also rise!

How many times have I’ve heard this, “He’s no longer on the cross so stop wearing a cross with Jesus crucified.” The cross with Jesus is a reminder of his sacrifice for the world He so loves. Today everyone in Ukraine, including the entire world who is feeling the effect of what’s happening there, should be looking to Jesus as still being on the cross as a reminder of his sacrifice for the sins that’s going on in the world today. Moses was told by God to make the bronze snake and put it up on a pole and anyone who was bitten for their sins can look at it and live Numbers 21: 1-9. So we also must look to Jesus crucified on the cross for such a time like this, with what’s going on in our world today. Only Jesus can deliver us from the burdens of sin, especially with highlighted Ukraine fighting for their lives and country. It’s the innocence, freedom, truth and righteousness being attacked once again by the boldness of evil coming up constantly against it. Just think about this, what did Jesus do so wrong that he was deserving to be beaten, spat upon, mocked, and crucified? Ukraine is going to be resurrected with Jesus as you’re suffering like him. I truly believe the Lord himself has Ukraine already victorious in his hand they just got to have faith.

“Oh Lord, please help Ukraine, as I pray.” I can feel their pain and devastation as though it is happening to me. For some reason I can’t shake this feeling that we the people of the world is missing a very important message which is being convey with this attack on Ukraine. It’s our responsibility to help make our world better place, for us to take heed as humanity when comes to our hateful actions towards one another. We all know it’s wrong , so very wrong. How could we just stand by, call ourselves good and righteous leaders of the world, watch this evil happening and refuse to break all rules to put an end to all this evil, no matter the cost, and make an example of it, that this evil would never be tried ever again. How well learnt are we concerning our predecessors in history? History is just repeating itself again. For all who lay wreaths and flowers on graves, tombs and memorial sites of war, genocides and mass killings, are wast of time and memory if no change is ever going to take place to make a difference for the future. Standing by and doing nothing when it’s within our power can make us guilty. The very thing we sometimes are afraid of is exactly what happens, it’s just inevitable, World War III has already begun. Everyone who has helped Ukraine is now an enemy of Putin. Definitely it will be foolish to think that all will be well without consequences, there will be no peace. I can’t believe people are more afraid of starting World War III, but not God? Have humanity become so independent of God that we remove Him from every situation concerning the world in which he, himself created and is in control. If we could only acknowledge it is not within our hands or power to be able to destroy the world we ourselves didn’t create. We may damage it, but it always finds a way to repair itself.

I got to believe this is also happening to Ukraine for all the world to understand and acknowledge vain is the help of man. When I’d heard the cry for NATO to impose a no fly zone over Ukraine to prevent Russian planes from bombing its cities and the response was, “sorry we just don’t want another world war.” It was like asking for an umbrella to cover from the rain, a coat to keep you warm from the freezing cold, or a place to sleep instead of being on the streets. My heart was broken at the words, “no, we just can’t” for an answer. What an eye opener for the world to realize as Psalm 121:1-2 says, “I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth.” We got to go back to putting all our trust in the almighty God, Himself. Haven’t we learned no amount of weapons to fight a war is going to bring about peace, just pain, mental issues and feeling of defeat if lost the fight, the lives that has been taken and the blood on the hands of the evil one responsible, who’s would never live in peace for his crimes against his brother. Like the story of Cain and his brother Abel in the Bible, Vladimir Putin (Cain) you are your brother’s keeper Volodymyr Zelenskyy (Abel) like Genesis 4. Now Cain said to his brother Abel, “let’s go out to the field.” While they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him, Genesis 4:8. Cain was cursed for what he had done to his brother.

Whenever there’s that great awareness of evil taken hold in the world we must look to the crucified Jesus on the cross as a reminder to us all especially this Holy season we must take up the cross along side Jesus stand, make sacrifice, do what’s right, and follow Jesus. In my heart I truly believe Ukraine war is the world’s war and just because they didn’t sign an alliance doesn’t mean we are not to pick up arms and fight with them. We are all in this together the righteous must win the victory at all cost and defeat evil. All that NATO can’t do to help Ukraine shall be done through faith in God. When all else has failed, only God you can turn to 🙏.

What’s the lesson in this fight with Ukraine for the world to learn, we must put our trust in God, standing in solidarity is very important, murder of the innocent is a great sin and has dire consequences, and power belongs to God, not to a man who craves to miss use it for his own evil purpose.