When God Seem To Be Absent

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 One day a local evangelist bragged during a crusade that his God was more able
than all the other gods in the town and all the powers in the universe that the villagers worshiped put together. Just then, rainstorm sounds started sounding overhead, threatening the progress of the crusade. The evangelist lifted up his voice and declared with confidence that if the rains fell, then he wasn't a man of God; he would stop preaching!

Before he could finish his bluff, the rains began to hit the crusade grounds so vehemently, apparently in disregard to his declarations. The whole town left the crusade grounds to their houses, shaking their heads in disappointment and dismay. The evangelist, so distraught and angry, packed his belongings and left the town the next day.

On his way through the next town, he checked into a local drinking spot and drank himself to stupor. As he lay on the ground cursing God, an old sickly looking man tapped him gently on the shoulder."Man of God", the old man began. But the evangelist quickly cut in, "don't mention the name of God to me. He is fake. He is unreliable. I am no longer a believer in this God. A God who chooses to disgrace his servants. Leave me alone!" But the old man would not let him be. He continued, “I am the fetish priest in the village you just preached at. During your one week stay in that village, you destroyed all the charms I had made for the people for 45 years. Your prayers and your words always came with some fearful fire and power. I tried so many times to eliminate you but I couldn't. My last chance came yesterday. I had loaded my gun with gun powder lying wait on the mountaintop where I had a very clear view of you. My plan was to shoot you from a distance since I couldn't get close enough to you due to the fire around you. But just when I lifted the gun, the rains came from nowhere, wetting my gunpowder and covering you in a cloud so that I couldn't even see you. All I saw was a bright man holding a sword in front of you. I was so terrified. I concluded that your God was indeed all powerful and Almighty. That is why I have been looking for you since then. I want to follow this your God. 

I don’t know the kind of challenge you are having now. Sometimes it looks as if God has forsaking you. Some times it looks as if God is nowhere to be found. But He said in the Bible that He will never leave you nor forsake you. Even when God seem to be silent, He is still there with you.  Continue to put your trust in God, He will not fail you.


Rev. Andrew Eli
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