It’s the traditional lifestyle – the connection to nature, the ochre dust from which we were taken (Genesis 2:7), and connection to the supernatural realm, which is pre-eminent. It is the hospitality for those we know and strangers alike. It is being undiluted by the rot of modernisation – children respecting elders, elders disciplining children, everyone playing their God-given role for the advancement of society. It is rebuilding after every trauma our continent and people have been put through, and still our light has yet to be extinguished. Because we are fire – God’s fire, arrows launched into the void to dispel the powers of darkness and break up the works of the devil. We have our problems, but we are rich in the things that matter.
Month: September 2023
Mein Retter
Jesus, in whom I move and have my being.
No fear
Daily writing prompt: What advice would you give to your younger self?
Don’t give fear a foothold in your life. Step out in faith in everything you do, because God really will meet you where you are and take you where you need to be. He really is true to His Word, in my experience, and will truly make your paths straight if you submit to Him in all your ways (Proverbs 3:5-6).
A royal priesthood
Not in the traditional sense, but in the Biblical sense (see 1 Peter 2:9). I am part of a royal priesthood. The kingdom of God has God as King at its centre, and His children as princes and princesses (royal). We render sacred service to God first and foremost, and then to one another (priesthood). A Biblical leader is in the trenches with you, as God is with us, at great sacrifice and personal cost. That is the sense in which I see myself as a leader.
