The Heart of the Matter

Wednesday, August 31, 2011



The Heart of the Matter



There were over 70 people who came from mile's and miles away. they were dressed in their very best. Most of them walked for miles in a gentle rain along a muddy road to get there. While it was raining outside the unfinished concrete building it was dry inside. The enthusiasm was certainly not dampened. They had been having Sunday school before church--men and boys on one side of the room and women and girls on the other side--when I arrived. Good lesson about how to identify your gifts and put them to use--a reminder on doing what God wants, not what you want or what others think God wants for you.



Praise and worship was lively and joyful. The atmosphere was so peaceful and filled with lovingkindness. And so started my first day on the ground in

Ghana. We were at Redeemer House, where my brother in the Lord, William Agbeti, lives with his wife and family, trains up ministers to plant churches, conducts a feeding program for the poor, especially the children, and holds church. This week the three churches that have been planted from our mission outreach and William's obedience to the Lord met together. They came from rural areas where the Islamic colonization is a real and present danger to all who live there.



Within a five minute walk, for example, from Redeemer House is a mosque. Each morning at 4:00, the call to prayer is broadcast at full blast over the speakers strapped to the rooftop of the mosque. Yes, there are laws against the loud noises. But the police fear the Muslims and will not do anything about them. While the American president may believe its the most beautiful sound on earth, those within earshot of Redeemer House find it a harrowing annoyance each morning. Others can hear it too. They are the poor in the surrounding villages where the Muslims are trying to take over.



Among them are the children that William and his congregants feed. They believe that if they can share the gospel and feed the children, they will win them to Christ, even win over the parents. If they could provide clothing, even better. And even better than that, if they could provide them a Christian education, the impact of being light and salt to children that will never have much of a chance is real Kingdom impact. Jesus said in Matthew 25:40, "Inasmuch you have done it unto one of the least of these, my brethren, ye have done it unto me." If we don't, that Muslim call to prayer is a reminder of who will.





Have a Blessed and Powerful Day!

Bill Wilson