" I was wrong" by Pastor Niyi Adebayo

In 1994, I preached from the Book of Ruth Chapter 1. Recall Naomi and her husband, Elimelech together with their two sons left Bethlehem for Moab when Bethlehem was hit by famine. Yes, they got food and temporal comfort in Moab such that their two sons got married. However, Naomi lost her husband and her only two sons mysteriously in Moab. Painful!

My Error: In that message, which I still repeated somewhere in 2006, I posited very strongly that Naomi came under such heavy disaster because she and her family didn't pray well before relocating. Again, I insisted they should not have left the Lord's country to an accursed city of Moab! Hmmmmmmm!

A couple of years later, I realized that the fact that a person falls victim of some losses and bitter challenges doesn't mean he didn't pray about it. Jesus authored the voyage in Mark 4:35 yet storm arose in the middle of the river. 

That a couple hasn't gotten children in their marriage or that a business or ministry is facing serial critical challenges doesn't mean those involved didn't seek the face of God ab initio. The way of the Red Sea wasn't the only way to Canaan from Egypt; God chose to lead them through that axis for reasons He alone knew. Joseph's brothers possibly didn't cross the Red Sea when they went to Egypt to get food...

Are there thorns on your path and you feel life is unfair to you? You prayed, heard God before getting into that marriage, business or ministry but you are battling with painful stuffs there now. Hold fast to Christ. He will come through for you sooner than later. Whatever and whoever Naomi and Ruth felt they had lost cannot be compared to the fact that Jesus' lineage is traceable to that genealogy now.

Whenever God seems to be slow, He's coming up bigger. Even, when He's 4 days late, He's still on time! True patience means waiting without worrying! 

No Pastor is all-knowing. No prophet sees it all. Many times God keeps us in the dark in order to prove to us that HE IS THE LIGHT! It will end in PRAISE!”

Pastor Niyi Adebayo, lead pastor at True Worshippers Revival Global Ministries write on Mount ZION Magazine