Our ministry’s annual convention is slated for October 28th to November 1st this year. From about July, our Lead Pastor in Port Harcourt informed me that the planning committee requested for the theme of the convention to begin necessary preparations. I requested for more time to clear my head and my heart. It was not until I waited in queue for my transit visa in Doha, Qatar on August 10 that I got the nod to theme it, MAKING THE INVISIBLE GOD VISIBLE. I go through tough times for every one of our major meetings, seeking for theme and appointed speakers. The point is that in life, particularly concerning spiritual ventures, you cannot presume anything.

…in life, particularly concerning spiritual ventures, you cannot presume anything…The way to access God’s guidance is prayer…Even when you seem to have a hunch, still pray for clarity.

David was in exile among the Philistines when Saul and his three sons died as Samuel predicted. The unusual man that we find in David made him mourn not only the death of Jonathan his covenant friend but also of his fiercest enemy, Saul. He had fled the land of Israel in the closing years of Saul’s reign as a pragmatic step for his own security. Expectedly, his natural inclination was to return to his fatherland. However, that was not enough reason for action. He turned his inclination to prayer. The way to access God’s guidance is prayer. When I asked the committee to give me time, it was so I could pray and know the mind of the Lord. Even when you seem to have a hunch, still pray for clarity. When David asked the Lord if he was to return to any of the cities of Judah, we figure out he already had it as a hunch. However, he knew that to wish is one thing; to be in God’s will could be a different thing altogether. When he subjected the issue to prayer, inclination became inspiration – something that God wanted him to do.