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THE COSMIC CONFLICT
In an awful perception, I helplessly stared as he lay low in the grave. The Pathfinder Club guard of honor and the AY ministry band colorfully displayed art by forming rings around the temporal abode of his lifeless body, hopefully waiting for the sound of the Lord's trumpet; or a harp, for this case- because he dearly loved it. The sun had leisurely set a day before this agonizing moment and never shone brightly again. Mayaka Benjamin Ogaro, emphasized the need to exercise paramount diligence in God's work. There are many relevant episodes to recount as we sink deep into this subject. However, his most prevalent input in my Christian journey was unease with endeavors anchored solely on human effort. "In vain"- he would describe them.
One day, he was recuperating from second-degree burn injuries at the university hospital after an unprecedented accident. With my long-time buddy, Ngala, we discreetly toed into the room and found him in excruciating pain. I said a prayer and read from the words of Paul in Rom 8:28, "For all things work, for the good of those who love Him....". He probably knew I would read it, my favorite portion of the scripture. He interjected and carried on with the devotional moment reading from Rev 2:10. The ill motives of Satan were laid bare. The adversary attempts all strategies to woe the fallen human race to his side. If he gains not by force, he employs great artifice. Benjamin was convinced his accident was God's will and part of the great controversy. He admonished us to double our efforts in prayer than lamentations in times of adversity. He asked me to thank and share with the poor in seasons of prosperity. This way, we would be close to the everlasting spring of comfort, Jesus Christ. His final words affirmed Satan's main agenda to misrepresent God's loving Character. He convinces humanity to be ungrateful during trials that last only a season. God allowed him to inflict pain on humankind but never to overpower our will and decision-making power.
Through fallen human agents, Satan presents God as the author of our misfortunes. Like in Luke chapter 4, he promises earthly rewards in the form of pleasures we desire, financial gains, lovely families, and shortcuts to easy living that make us forget the agony of Calvary and the price paid by Christ's own blood. He winded up with a reminder I have never forgotten. "Those who endure to the end.. shall receive the Crown of life.." Rev 2:10. "I want to be counted worthy to suffer trial and reproach for God's sake, for though he casts me into flames today and burn my skin to ashes, I will regain my life, never to lose it again. Pray that you never become a victim of his charms. His gains allure provisionally, but God sustains forever. This is the greatest conflict ever, a choice between God and Satan" With tear-dimmed eyes, these moments lingered as I watched soil gradually take its piece. "Fairest moments soon decay, youth and beauty pass away, " they sang, engulfed in a somber mood. It is a difficult tussle, but I hope we all overcome this conflict. I hope to see him again. We may have absolutely no pleasure in the stimulants we sometimes so madly indulge in. It has not always been in pursuing pleasure that we have periled life, reputation, and reason. It has been the desperate attempt to escape from torturing memories, from a sense of insupportable loneliness and a dread of some strange impending doom. All these artifices work against us to deny us an inheritance in heaven, but the love of Christ resounds, and grace abounds in our moments of fragility. Mercy at Calvary was great, and grace was free.
"Ni upendo usio na kipimo, kaonyesha Bwana, akateswa mate katemewa, tuokolewe." Be blessed.