Luke 21:36 ‘Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass..’
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While Idi Amin was president of Uganda, a three-story building high on Nakasero hill in Kampala was where most of his atrocities were carried out.
The official name for the building was the State Research Bureau,[SRB]. But during Amin’s rule, the bureau had little to do with affairs of state, or any sort of research. Instead, the building was the headquarters for Idi Amin’s dreaded secret police. It was Idi Amin’s personal murder factory.
In that place about 300 men and women, who were handpicked employees worked secretly to carry out Amin’s bidding. Their unquestioning loyalty to Amin set them apart.
Here, “enemies of the state” were brought. Offices became torture chambers where agents of Idi Amin dealt with their victims. Sometimes as many as 20 people were killed in a single day.
Idi Amin, killed up to 500,000 people, persecuted Christians, and left Uganda a broken nation.
However despite Amin’s reign of terror, Christians in Uganda did not give up praying. It was a most discouraging time as it seemed there was no help.
But their unrelenting prayers eventually began to yield fruit. After eight years of his brutal reign, Amin was finally overthrown and his cohorts went on the run. The end of Amin’s rule was a big answer to prayer for the Christians in Uganda.
Truly, the fervent, effectual prayer of the righteous accomplishes much. Despite Amin’s reign of terror, when the Ugandan Christians refused to relent and persisted in prayer, God intervened and overturned the rule of the wicked.
God is committed in protecting those who trust in Him.
Today, it is very clear we are living in very perilous times where evil seeks to reign with the rampant news of insurgency, banditry, kidnapping etc. With such unprecedented wave of insecurity and uncertainties, there is a natural tendency for men to be fearful.
However, as Christians we have power to change things through persistent prayers.
As long as we put our trust in God, He has promised that no evil shall befall us and no plague can come near our dwelling place.
Though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; we will not fear. Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof; God remains our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble [Psalm 46].
We already know from 2 Timothy 3:1 that in the last days, wickedness will increase and we are already seeing it. But in Luke 21:36, Jesus said ‘Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass..’
To escape becoming a prey of the wicked, we must pray. Divine protection is our only sure hope because Police can fail, security gadgets can fail, intelligence services can fail; only God never fails, never sleeps nor slumbers.
In this season of fasting and prayer, let us be deliberate to pray for divine protection over our families and loved ones. By God’s grace, we shall never fall victim to the wicked, rather we shall keep rising higher to glorious heights and keep breaking forth on every side.
PRAYER: Father I thank You for establishing Your protection over me. As I seek You passionately and fervently I know that I shall be preserved from the perils of these end-times in Jesus’ Name.
QUOTE:
As long as Jesus is in your boat, you cannot sink or fail, God’s presence always guarantees your victory – WORDBITE 222
Shalom!
GOODHEART EKWUEME
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