Hopelessness is a weapon the devil uses to disempower God’s children. This is a feeling of ‘there is no way out’. Hope and patience are partners. They embrace each other and provide assistance to each other. A person that is hopeful is a patience student.
In December 2016 my wife and I woke up on a regular day like any other. Little did we know that day was going to turn out as one of our toughest. Mid-morning my son Jonathan was dashed to hospital for checkup because he had a mild cough. When we reached the hospital, the Pediatrician observed him and advised that the matter had escalated into an emergency. An ambulance was allocated us to dash him to a larger hospital as an emergency case. On arrival Jonathan was rushed into Intensive Care Unit and put on life support immediately, and an induced coma. In a span of 2 hours a child we had taken to hospital for a mild cough was already in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and Life support.
The issue had escalated so fast and hit us (my wife and I) by surprise. The answers were not coming through from the doctor’s as we had expected. It was time to surrender the case to God Almighty. Those were moments of despair. All we had to do was walk in faith and hope for the best. All we did was pray. My pastor Prophetess Bibiana Wangari was very supportive and prayed with us. She was a very big pillar and stood with us. God sacred Hill Ministries was with us every step of the way.
Days In The ICU
I remember as the father I was allowed into the ICU room. Every morning I would enter the room and pray for Jonathan. I would pour out my heart to God for my boy. Nine days down the road Jonathan was discharged a better child. I vividly remember a nurse who had attended to him at the first hospital called him a hero. All doctors did not expect him to pull through. All we carried was hope and faith in Jesus Christ. What would we do without Jesus? Oh, how so loving He is and has been to us. God did in every sense of the words, resurrected our Jonathan. To him eternally be the Glory forever and ever Amen. From that day I respect ambulances. Whenever I hear the ambulance sirens, I give way. I know what it means. Just 1 second can mean life or death.
Waiting for a child in a coma in the ICU for so long is tough. Imagine how Elizabeth the cousin of Mary the mother of Jesus felt. She was not barren but delayed because the correct timing was not yet ripe. Time can ripen like a fruit. If it is raw then destinies can be misaligned.
The right time
(Luke 1:26-38) -The day that the Angel of the Lord visited the virgin Mary to share the message of the conception of the Holy spirit, the time had ripened for Elizabeth for her to conceive John the Baptist.
(Luke 1:12 -17) -Zechariah ministered at the altar of incense, an angel of the Lord appeared and announced to him that his wife (Elizabeth) would give birth to a son, whom he was to name John, and that this son would be the forerunner of the Lord. Delay is never denial. Delay is never failure; Delay is never meant to be despair. It would just mean that you are in the processing chamber of God.
Oh, lo and behold when the Angel Gabriel gave Zechariah a message that his wife Elizabeth the Cousin of Mary mother of Jesus. He was past hope and had sunk into hopelessness. He was leaning on the pillars of despair. He had long given up on ever having a son. Imagine a message coming in, that defies the laws of science. Conception past menopause. That is a miracle. However, Zechariah almost aborted the conception of John the Baptist with his tongue and heart of despair. Words are powerful. Uttered in the heart or spoken out. When given to us by God a message or prophecy we need to accept it and agree with it for it to form and bear fruit in this realm. Zechariah uttered nonsense and his lips were sealed by the Angel. The condition for him to speak again was going to be after his Child was conceived.
God is in control
God is one of protocol. The messiah has to have a front runner. A curtain raiser they are called in our contemporary times. What have you waited for? How many years. What sacrifices have you made. How many times have you tried to achieve but keep failing? Hang in there. Pray without ceasing. Help is round the corner.
I saw God pull my Jonathan out of a dark place to the light. God is good, all the time.
My choices, chances and cherishes on God almighty have never disappointed. He is always just on time. Never late and never early. Just on time. Isaiah 49:23- Then you will know that I am the Lord; those who put their hope in me will not be put to shame.
Till next time.
