Isaiah 26:3 ‘Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.’

DAILY READING; • Matthew 8:14-34; Leviticus 1-2; Proverbs 19

During his brutal rule as president of Uganda in the 1970s, Idi Amin Dada killed many Christians. He banned twenty-seven Church denominations after he claimed he had received orders in a dream to do so.
However despite Amin’s rule of terror, many Christians across Uganda remained resilient. They resisted in every way they could and fought in the place of prayers. One of them was Naomi Gonahasa, who was manager of Namirembe Guest House, run by the Church of Uganda.
Naomi and her husband Stephen, played a part in saving the lives of believers on the run from Amin’s savage killers. Their hotel was a good hiding place where Naomi and her husband provided shelter and food for many.
When people seeking refuge would turn up, they were given access to freely stay in the hotel as long as they knew the code word. The secret code word was “Goodyear”.
In the midst of their terrible circumstances they had faith that they would soon have a good year.
Naomi and her husband were also active members of an underground church and often believers would have meetings in the lounge of their guest house.
Though the couple were obvious targets for the thugs of Amin’s secret police, God supernaturally protected them.As they stood resolutely in the place of prayer, God moved in answer to their cry. By 1979, Tanzanian soldiers invaded Uganda and Idi Amin fled into exile — first to Libya and then to Saudi Arabia where he died on August 16, 2003.
Many of the Christians who remained resolute in prayer were alive to see the liberation of Uganda, the restoration of peace in their homeland and indeed experienced a ‘good year’.

In the Old Testament there were Cities of Refuge allocated to the Levite tribe in the Old Testament that provided asylum for those on the run from being killed.
As New Testament believers, we have a place of refuge and safety from the enemy.
God is our refuge, and our strength, and a very present help in times of trouble.
No matter the deteriorating conditions of the government, economy, security, etc, our faith is in what is written in God’s Word and not what is happening in the world. God has promised in Isaiah 26:3 that as we keep our mind on Him, He will keep us in perfect peace, because we trust in Him.
While we may not all face horrendous situations as the Christians who were under Idi Amin’s rule, we all face an enemy who intends to steal, kill and destroy. As this enemy goes about as a roaring lion looking for whom to devour in these last days, we do not have to fear because in God we have everlasting refuge.
He is Jehovah-Nissi, “God our banner.” He is always working on behalf of His church, and reigns supreme over the happenings in the world.
In His faithful commitment to His people, God sent His son Jesus to shed His Blood on the Cross and give us eternal cover from every evil.
Therefore while there may be tribulation in the world, in Christ we will always have peace.
Today, as news of wars and conflicts escalates across the globe and it sometimes seem as if the world is imploding, we have an ark of safety in Christ.
As we daily go deeper in our relationship with God, surely, by the Blood of Jesus, no evil shall befall us and no plague can come near our dwelling place.

PRAYER: Lord, I thank You that I have guaranteed security and immunity from evil through the Blood of Jesus. Today by the mystery of the Blood I have overcome every plans of the enemy in Jesus Name.
QUOTE;
The battle you are faced with today is a good warfare because God has already foreordained victorious end for you. WORDBITE 222

Shalom!

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