Gospel artiste, Emmanuel Benjamin, known in the creative industry as Eben has added his voice to the COVID-19 fight by giving hope to nation all over the world. On May 30, Eben released the video to his song, On God. The song gives hope to humanity in the fight against COVID-19.
The visual interpretation depicts a people united in the fight against the virus. It opens with a reflective Eben, reminiscing on the impact of the virus on the world. An image of doctors, and experts clad in the medical PPEs fumigating parks and other recreational areas. It reflects the realities in some parts of Africa’s fight against the virus, our limitations of crowd control in our slums and our daily rush hour lifestyle. Using newspaper clippings, it explains travel ban, and the “lockdown,” the new jargon frequently used in our daily discussions. The video reveals how empty the roads, beach front, supermarkets and other (usually) busy areas have become.
What we hold dear has a people have suddenly become less important as no one has access to it any more. The video depicts loneliness and an environment that is undergoing regeneration as there are no humans to populate it.
The video however, did not celebrate the virus. It focused on the power and ability of God to reverse the current trend. It talks about God’s loving kindness and the state of mind of a peole that are turning back to God for a solution. Some lines in the track read thus:
“Seasons come and seasons go but your world will never change”
“My hope is built on nothing less than Jesus Christ and righteousness”
“There is power in your name, there is healing in your name”
“Who get God no dey fear, who get God no dey fail, who get God, get the majority, who get God, get the ability”
The video calls out Christians to look unto to God in prayers and a reminder to the world that only Jesus can save and heal the world. The video is a subtle reminder that only God can bring us out of this current virus-infested world. The video ends with a reassuring statement of fact that “This too shall pass.”
