Prophetic perspective

Prophetic perspective - Bill Wilson -

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Following is an unsolicited comment from Pastor William Agbeti in Ghana, Africa after reading yesterday's Daily Jot "Christianity and the public arena." 'Kind of puts things in perspective. William writes, "Today, I read the Daily JOT deep inside a forest area in Ghana, Africa...From where I sat, under a thatched roof structure begging for a retouch in the midst of a huge storm gathering overhead, I saw impoverished children playing football that our Ministry bought for them. Poverty could not take away their great joy, unleashed by a common thing as a leather football; an item they had been crying for all these months. I sat with two elders of the local church whose worship facility my ministry was helping to build.

 

"The elders of the local church were seeking my opinion on an Islamic invasion of their village that was happening only three minutes walk away from the church. I could clearly hear the heavy sounds of a bulldozer in the background. The elders told me a group of Muslims was right at the back of huts, in their village, and on their land, clearing the topsoil of the land, dumping it into tipper trucks. The group was forcefully winning sand on their land for profit. With that approach they would come back to attempt to sell the land to others. The village elders asked my opinion as to what to do. They said they had reported to the police and there had not been any response.

 

"I wanted to go over and take a picture of what was going on. They discouraged me, saying members of the group were armed with machetes and even pistols. There we sat in silence, totally cowed into inaction as the Muslims had a field day. I had no suggestion to give them. I found myself helpless, except to advise we pray. I also advised the elders on the need to quickly register their land. This is the grim reality of Islamic arrogance and impunity some of us are facing. On the other side of the divide, I have just finished reading the content of today's Daily JOT. It was about "Christianity and the Public Arena", and talked about Christians verbally attacking Christians. Here, it's about Muslims taking over whole communities of Christians.

 

"Which would you rather have, to stay focused on the word and how to share it? Or find excuses to attack each other as Christians, while Muslims attempt to take over the world?" As William states, "Which would you rather have?" What we are dealing with in Africa impacts lives-often life or death. Jesus said in John 13:34-35, "A new commandment I give unto you, That you love one another as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this shall all men know that you are my disciples, if you have love one to another." As a prophetic people living in a prophetic time, we need to leave aside the extra-biblical, emotional and self-indulgent nonsense and be about the Fathers business. If we were in the midst of hostile Muslims in Africa, we would be united against the enemies of the Lord rather than condemning one another.