One of the
most powerful tools of the believer is their testimony. Many believers think
that testimony time in church is simply another item on the programme to while
away the time during the service. However if they knew the power behind the
word of their testimony they would wake up and rush to the front whenever the
opportunity arose. The scriptures tell us that one of the ways in which we
overcome the Devil is through our testimony, "And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by THE WORD
OF THEIR TESTIMONY; and they loved not their lives unto the deathâ
(Revelation 12:11). If you want to have consistent victory over the devil you
should use the word of your testimony as a divine weapon.
When I was
about to sit for my Senior 6 final UNEB
exams I activated my faith in Psalm 50:15 and told God that if he helped
me excel then I would testify about it. Surely God did a great miracle and
enabled me to excel in those exams when I scored 21 points in PEM/A (out of a
possible 25 points). However I still missed my first choice course at Makerere
University (MUK) which was Architecture. I got Surveying on government
sponsorship. However before I sat for exams, the Uganda Chess Federation
forwarded my name to the National Council of Sports and recommended me as an
International Chess player. This was supposed to enable me to be awarded extra
points as a sportsman at MUK. I had missed my first choice course by 1.1 points
yet sportsmen were to be awarded 4 points. Unfortunately I was not given these
points. When I went to make inquiries at the MUK Senate I was shown a letter
from the head of the National Council of Sports who wrote that, "All those
who have got a course on government sponsorship should NOT be added points as
sportsmen." This partly demoralized me but I pressed on in prayer and told
God that if he would supernaturally intervene and enable me to get those extra
points I would win for him one soul at MUK. God did a miracle and a week later
I was informed that the senate had a special meeting and declared that I should
be awarded those extra points. I was given Architecture on government
sponsorship immediately. When I arrived at MUK I immediately set out to fulfill
my vow and in the first 2 weeks I had won 10 first year students of Livingstone
hall to Christ.
The next
hurdle came in my final year at MUK when I was supposed to finish the course.
It seemed that all hell had organized itself to make sure that I did not finish
my course of Bachelor of Architecture. From the natural perspective I seemed to
be doomed. However I knew the weapon of testimony. I still remembered how God
had enabled me to supernaturally enter MUK and get my first choice course with
government sponsorship. I decided to call upon God to deliver me in this time of
trouble and I reminded Him how He had delivered me when I was entering the
university. I declared that the same God who had moved in power to make me
enter MUK would come through for me as I exited it. I placed my faith in God
and he enabled me to complete the course successfully and graduate. The enemy
was so furious that even after finishing the course he came in to stop me from
graduating but I prevailed over him with God's divine weapons. I graduated one
year after my official time in January 2009. When I got my transcript from the
same Senate building where I had come to request for the 4 points years back I
could not help but realize how good God was to me and I thanked Him for it.
Surprisingly when I was laminating my transcript it was almost burnt up by the
laminating machine. The devil is a loser of losers. I finally have my
transcript. God did it!
Many people
know about the story of David and Goliath. However they do not know the secret
that enabled a boy to kill a giant thrice his height. The secret lies in what
David spoke to King Saul of Israel before he went for the battle, "And David said unto Saul, Thy servant
kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out
of the flock: And I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of
his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote
him, and slew him... David said moreover, The LORD that delivered me out of the
paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the
hand of this Philistine" (1 Samuel 17:34-37). King Saul only spoke
words of discouragement about the physical weakness of David and how Goliath
had been a warrior from his youth. David never referred to his own strength but
instead testified that God enabled him to kill the lion and the bear. He
testified! He declared that the same God who delivered Him before would do it
again. Put your trust in God in the challenge you are facing. Remember the ways
in which he has delivered you in the past and testify about it in public. Give
thanks to God for having delivered you on previous occasions in your prayer
time with Him. When you testify your faith will rise up and Goliath will be
defeated before you. Look upwards towards the one who brought you out of trouble
before. He will do it again!
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