Revival Springs Magazine

By Rev. Teresia Wairimu

“I will exalt you, O LORD,

for you lifted me out of the depths

and did not let my enemies gloat over me.

O LORD my God, I called to you for help,

and you healed me.

O LORD, you brought me up from the grave;

you spared me from going down into the pit.

Sing to the LORD, you saints of his;

praise his holy name.

For his anger lasts only a moment,

but his favour lasts a lifetime;

weeping may remain for a night,

but rejoicing comes in the morning.

When I felt secure, I said,

“I shall never be shaken.”

O LORD, when you favoured me,

you made my royal mountain stand firm;

but when you hid your face,

I was dismayed.

To you, O LORD, I called;

to the Lord I cried for mercy:

“What gain is there in my destruction,

in my going down into the pit?

Will the dust praise you?

Will it proclaim your faithfulness?

Hear, O LORD, and be merciful to me;

O LORD, be my help.”

You turned my wailing into dancing;

you removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,

that my heart may sing to you and not be silent.

O LORD my God, I will give you thanks forever.

Psalm 30

I know that we are all eager to hear how God will take us from beneath and set us above in this jubilee year. But, this is a very delicate time for our nation. We are going through a crucial transition. Saints across this nation need to set a watch in prayer. We are going to witness sharp disputes and disagreements touching on important governance matters. How I wish that our leaders could set aside their political differences for the sake of the nation!

Kenya has great potential to become an economic power-house in Africa. And, God has it in His plans to establish this nation. What is it that holds us back? Greed, and hunger for power. If we turn to God, He will turn to us. If we seek Him we shall find Him. If we hunger for righteousness, we shall be filled.

Oh, that our nation may not suffer shame and disgrace again! Let every saint go into his/her prayer closet! The days ahead will be very tough for the church in Kenya. The confusion and compromise that we have witnessed in America and Europe will try to entrench itself here. Is it not a shame, that some denominations in Europe still find it hard to ordain women to the priesthood, but they have no objection to ordaining gay male clergymen? They only give them a few terms and conditions so as to be ordained or be allowed to continue serving. What a mess! It doesn’t matter who says that it’s ok; if God doesn’t say it is right, there’s no way it can be right. Jesus said, “I will build My church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.”

This year, we celebrate fifty years since we became a Nation State. So, this is our Year of Jubilee.

In Leviticus 25:10-11, God commanded the Israelites, through Moses: “Consecrate the fiftieth year and proclaim liberty throughout the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a jubilee for you; each one of you is to return to his family property and each to his own clan. The fiftieth year shall be a jubilee for you . . .”

The Year of Jubilee was meant to give every Israelite a chance for a new start. In this Jubilee Year, the nation of Kenya stands on the verge of a new dawn. We have reached the point of maturity as a nation. From now on we must be accountable, and responsible.

Dawn comes just before morning. It is that moment of time between light and darkness. It marks the start of a new day, a new beginning. Dawn ushers in change. At dawn darkness begins to wear thin, because darkness cannot resist the break of new day. At dawn darkness begins to surrender and to give way.

For four hundred and thirty years, the children of Israel were in slavery in Egypt. But, after four hundred and thirty years, God responded to the cry of His people. On the Passover night, God sent His angel to strike all the first-borns of the Egyptians; there was not a house among the Egyptians that did not have someone dead. But, the Israelite households were spared. In fact, as the Egyptians were mourning the death of their first-borns, God’s covenant people were getting their luggage ready to embark on their journey to freedom!

God had instructed Moses to tell the Israelites to put some blood on the sides and tops of the door-frames of their houses. “The blood will be a sign for you on the houses where you are; and when I see the blood, I will pass over you. No destructive plague will touch you when I strike Egypt,” (Ex. 11:13).

Listen; dawn is coming. We serve a God who is touched by the suffering of His people. We serve a God who reverses situations. It’s time to possess our possessions!

The Egyptians were terrified by the death of their first-borns. They urged the Israelites to hurry and leave their country. “For otherwise,” they said, “we will all die!” (Ex. 12:33). Moses had instructed the Israelites to go to their Egyptian neighbours and ask for articles of silver and gold, and for clothing. When the Israelites went to ask for those things from their neighbours, their requests were granted. “The LORD had made the Egyptians favourably disposed towards the people, and they gave them what they asked for; so they plundered the Egyptians,” (Ex. 12:36).

We serve a God who changes situations. Jacob, after struggling with God a whole night had his destiny changed at the break of day. His named was changed from Jacob (he deceives), to Israel (prince with God).

Ruth, the Moabitess moved from being a casual worker on Boaz’s land to the owner of the same land! Because God’s favour was on her, Boaz took Ruth in, to be his wife.

Hannah endured many years of ridicule from her co-wife named Peninah, because she (Hannah) was barren. But God remembered her; she conceived and gave birth to Samuel who rose to become one of the greatest prophets of all time, in Israel.

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