This week has been a struggle. It is rainy with total clouds, (Even though it is supposed to be the dry season), it is windy and cold. Each day of this week has brought me more oppression by the devil. Now it is Thursday and we take the motorbike to LaGlah for their weekly Bible study, but the family that we are teaching was not there. We gave a short worship because all attention had gone to the children who were making a lot of noise and drowning out our words. Our songs, prayers and Bible promises seemed not to strike any responsive cord. One lady talked non-stop nonsense all through the worship, dogs barked and chickens squawked.
“Oh Lord, to what purpose is all this?” I sighed, “But You know what we do not know.”
Going home on that motorbike in cold, wet rain in the steeps is not fun. Once at home I take a cold bath. One hour later I am shivering and cannot get warm, so I did something I never did before. I boiled water and stuck my feet and hands in the hot water! What relief – oh how good that felt. Then I turned around behind me to look at the thermometer. What temperature do you think it is?
70 degrees!! How totally crazy! How could I possibly be so cold?
Now it is 56 degrees and you can see your breath in the house. How cold do you think I am now?
My oppression lifted on Sabbath as I was preaching in our little church. God brought the people from 4 villages that day. So many people came! Oh how wonderful to see the light of understanding and interest in their eyes. God took hold of that sermon that day because it did not come out as I had prepared it!!! The Title: “Lord Save Me!”
“The very time to exercise faith is when we feel destitute of the Spirit. When thick clouds of darkness seem to hover over the mind, then is the time to let living faith pierce the darkness and scatter the clouds.” CET 126.3