Women in Leadership
From the second of May 2023, the opposition leader has been holding protests that have been anything but peaceful. It may look trivial but a closer look at the chaos and the destruction that has followed, and we see there is a desperate need for prayer.
In Romans 8, we learn that everything on the earth was subjected to futility because of man’s sin. Man is created in the image and likeness of God. When he sinned, creation both “living and non-living,” was affected. The land, for example, was cursed because of Adam’s sin;
Genesis 3:17-18
And unto Adam, he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
If by a man, the land was cursed, then by a man the land can be redeemed. The problem is when that man is not found;
Ezekiel 22:30
And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.
Sodom and Gomorrah is an example of what will become of a land that lacks an intercessor.
Isaiah 1:19
If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:
If you will obey the Lord, then the blessings of Deuteronomy 28 will come to pass in our nation. We are not wasting time by praying. There is something that happens when there is alignment with God. It’s about yielding to the will of God. The blessing of God maketh rich and addeth no sorrow. The blessing of the Lord is able to do more than what we can be able to achieve for ourselves.
1 Timothy 2:1-2
I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;
For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.
As we have discussed, in the previous chapter; ministry is not limited to the four walls of the church. It’s pretty ignorant to think we can ignore the matters of the nation and thrive because we’re Christians. So what should we do at this time when the economy is seemingly collapsing, The citizens are raging and the God-appointed leader is no longer the majority’s cup of tea? We should travail.
Isaiah 66:8
Who has ever heard of such things? Who has ever seen things like this?
Can a country be born in a day? or a nation be brought forth in a moment?
Yet no sooner is Zion in labour, than she gives birth to her children.
