What God Can Do No Man Can Do

Yesterday I was fasting and because I did not go for lunch, by 2pm I was tired of sitting in the office so I decided to go to the cafe for coffee.  Little did I know that my coffee break was a divine appointment of one young lad with the Lord of the angel armies.  I ordered my coffee and this young lad came and sat with me.  I don't even know how I started sharing the word of God with him but coming home and remembering some of the things I said to him I knew there is no way I could have thought of them myself.   All I could say is that it is true what Matthew says that what you will say will be given to you at that time.   God is good truly amazing.  What God can do no man can do.

Then today after coming from Kenyatta National Hospital,  I again went to the cafe for coffee (I think am getting addicted...hehe).   Once again God had another soul set up to meet with him.  To be honest I did not expect another miracle of salvation but all God needed was a vessel to use.  Mine was to open my mouth and God was more than ready to fill it (psalm 81:10).  After sharing the word of God with him and prayed with him to receive the Lord,  I also prayed for his eyes which he said were itching because of allergies and needed to go see the nurse.   I left him and went back to the office.  

When I went back to the cafe to relax before I could go for fellowship with the young children in the Home,  again there was another divine appointment.   One of the girls who works at the cafe decided to re-dedicate her life to the Almighty God.   Hallelujah! The young man whose eyes I prayed for said that the itching had stopped and didn't need to see the nurse.  Praise God!  What God can no man can do.   

I am so humbled for only a God like our God would do #amazing things like that.  I am honoured that He would choose me to be a conduit for His glory.  It is my prayer that God will keep them and that the fire of revival will continue in their midst.   Praying that God will encourage them to keep on keeping on.  I also pray for grace to disciple them and that the Holy Spirit will be their mentor.

God Spoke; So Must We!

              In the beginning God said let there be and it was.  He spoke everything into existence.  The first thing the bible says existed in the beginning was darkness so it was only imperative that the first thing God spoke into being was light.  In Genesis 1:3 God said, Let there be light and there was.  God saw that the light was good and He separated it from darkness.  God went on to speak the earth, the land, the seas, the birds, the  fish, the plants, the animals, the heavens and the reptiles into being.  God never regreted anything He spoke into being.  He saw that everything was good.  

                   The question we should ask ourselves is, what have we been speaking?  And is what we have been speaking good?  Jesus said in John 6:63b, the words I have spoken to you - they are full of Spirit and life.  We are created in the image and likeness of God (Genesis 1:27) and since God is a speaking God, we also need to speak.  Psalm 119:89 says that the word of God is forever settled in heaven.  In heaven, the word of God is confirmed, it is established, it is fixed, is sure, it is immovable.  If that is how it is in heaven, then how is it here on earth?  Someone on earth needs to speak the word of God to establish it.  

                   Job 22:28 says, you shall also decree a thing and it shall be established for you: and the light shall shine upon your ways.  So it it possible that the reason why we have dark situations in our lives is because we are not speaking?  Or perhaps we are not speaking the Word of God?  Is what we are speaking full of Spirit and life?  Are the words we are speaking building other people or they are breaking them?  Are we speaking to bring healing or we are causing more hurt by our words?  Are our words bringing hope to those who have lost hope?  I also want to ask, out of what we speak everyday, how many of those words are in line with the Word of God?  Can we give an account of every word we speak?  Jesus said in Matthew 12:36 that everyone will have to give an account on the day of judgement for every empty word they have spoken.  Selah!

                 I do not want to end this blog without speaking what is in my heart.   The last 3 months, I have had the privilege of knowing a very wonderful young man called Nathan.  He came to volunteer at the Children's Home since July when I was still in Sierra Leone.   I met him in August when I came from Sierra Leone and we served together in the Children's camp that was going on in Kibera.  Since then, we have taught bible studies to the children together, we have shared and prayed together.  What is wonderful about Nathan is that he loves the Lord dearly and loves the word of God.  You would always see Nathan in the Home walking around with a bible in his hand.  He did not only walk with it for show but every time he sat down and he had some spare time in his hands, he was reading it.
             
                 I have enjoyed being around him for he would always ask questions like, "why does it say this in the bible?" or "where is such and such found in the bible?" or "Is it christian to think or do this?"  He was an inspiration to say the least.  Oh, and the children adored him.  He made them smile.  Actually, he made everyone smile and would talk to everyone he met (including strangers in the street) even with the little Swahili he learnt.  He reached out to the smallest, the biggest, the weak, the strong and treated all of them alike.  He was not afraid of making a fool of himself to make everyone else happy.  When I heard yesterday that he was leaving in the evening to go back to Scotland, I had to go to my room to cry.

                He was scheduled to leave on the 15th of December but due to unavoidable circumstances he had to leave abruptly.   When we dropped him off at the airport, I came back home and was praying and asking God why his departure upset me so much.  Then I realized that I was not only going to miss him as a friend and ministry partner but I knew there was somebody who going to do exploits for God.


               I realized that my cry was not so much a cry of sadness (even though I know I will miss him dearly) but a cry of intercession to God:  Intercession to the souls and lives he is going to touch; Intercession for God's preservation and protection:  Intercession for the joy and healing he is going to bring to many.

In the spirit of speaking and declaring, please allow me to declare that Nathan is a man destined for greatness.  He will go on to do exploits for the Kingdom! Na Shetani ashindwe! (Devil be defeated).  That's a statement he picked up from the kids and he loved to say it.  Hallelujah!  The devil is already defeated.  He has been an encouragement to me and I am honored to know him.  PS - He left me the best gift of all - his study bible.

Battle axe or Ox goad?

I was reading the other day in Jeremiah 51:20-23 and this is what it says:-


Thou art my battle axe and weapons of war:
for with thee will I break in pieces the nations,
and with thee will I destroy kingdoms;
21 and with thee will I break in pieces the horse and his rider;
and with thee will I break in pieces the chariot and his rider;
22 with thee also will I break in pieces man and woman;
and with thee will I break in pieces old and young;
and with thee will I break in pieces the young man and the maid;
23 I will also break in pieces with thee the shepherd and his flock;
and with thee will I break in pieces the husbandman and his yoke of oxen;
and with thee will I break in pieces captains and rulers.

I also read in Judges 3:31 which says:-
And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath, which slew of the Philistines six hundred men with an ox goad: and he also delivered Israel.

When I looked up ox goad, this is how wikipedia describes it;  The goad is a traditional farming implement, used to spur or guide lifestock, usually oxen, which are pulling a plough or a cart;used also to round up cattle. It is a type of a long stick with a pointed end, also known as the cattle prod.

For battle axe, this is what wikipedia says about it; A battle axe is an axe specifically designed for combat. Battle axes were specialised versions of utility axes. Many were suitable for use in one hand, while others were larger and were deployed two-handed.

So here is are two instruments, one is traditionally used for combat and the other is not.  It is interesting to note that in the Jeremiah passage about, God is equating King Cyrus of Persia to a battle axe, an instrument of combat to shatter Babylon and restore back the captivity of Israel.  God has used several people in the bible as his battle axe.  For example David, God used him to shatter Goliath to pieces.

The ox-goad, though traditionally used to spur or guide lifestock, Shamgar was able to use it for combat.  Meaning the instrument was used both in times of peace and in times of war.  It does not matter what you have available in your hands, God can use it to bring glory to his name.

If the Jeremiah passage was being written today, I feel like something like this would have been added.If the Jeremiah passage was being written today, I feel like something like this would have been added.

and with thee will I break in pieces ISIS;
and with thee will I break in pieces ebola and other hemorrhagic fevers;
and with thee will I break in pieces al-shabaab;
and with thee will I break in pieces al-Qaeda;
and with thee will I break in pieces Boko Harama;
and with thee will I break in pieces tribalism;
and with thee will I break in pieces racism;

So whether you are a battle axe or ox goad in the hands of the Almighty, God expects every christian to be a useful tool in his hands to fulfill his will and shape destinies of individuals, nations and the world at large.

So are you a battle axe, ox goad in the God's hands or a toy in the hands of the devil?