Covid-19 is God’s will. No pastor’s prayers can stop it— Femi Oke

&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Following the unprecedented lock down of the entire world by ravaging coronavirus &nbsp&semi;pandemic&comma; an action taken by various government of different countries to curtail further spread of the disease&comma; many have expected spiritual intervention by renowned men of God&period; But that has not been coming as church leaders of different denominations have cautioned their members to obey government’s directives and worship from homes on Sundays&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">That has been the excruciating situation for months&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">However&comma; this curiosity was the kernel of discussion in an exclusive interview session OpenLife had with Pastor Femi Lanre Oke&comma; a motivational speaker&comma; destiny coach&comma; author and consultant to governments and organizations&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">In the interview&comma; Oke who is based in Ibadan&comma; Oyo State explained that &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;As far as I am concerned the global lockdown has nothing to do with science or technology&period; It is God who is revealing His supremacy&period; Several times&comma; I have had people criticising Pastors that they ought to have prayed to stop the pandemic&period;&nbsp&semi; I simply laugh&period; &nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">&&num;8220&semi;Pastors can only align with God&&num;8217&semi;s will&period; They cannot oppose it&period; What&&num;8217&semi;s happening in the world is the hand of God&period; One million Pastors won&&num;8217&semi;t be able to stop it&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s like saying what happened when Herod was killing all the children when he found out that Jesus was born&period; God did not stop Herod from the killing&period; He only advised Joseph and Mary to leave the country&period; As Christians&comma; we must be sensitive to God’s move and be willing to submit to it&period; I believe the pandemic will soon be a thing of the past in a couple of weeks after it must have satisfied God&&num;8217&semi;s purposes&comma;” he said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;