By: Femi Fani-Kayode
When a President hardens his heart to reason and resorts to terrorising
and killing his own citizens, when he is prepared to do anything,
including turning a blind eye to mass murder, ethnic cleansing and
genocide, in order to intimidate and subjugate the people and suppress
dissent, when he brazenly rigs elections and shamelessly denies the people
of their right to exercise the free and true expression of their will
through the ballot box, when he locks up and persecutes opposition figures
and targets their leaders, when he threatens and intimidates the Judiciary
and when he emasculates the Legislature, when he muzzles the media, when
he detains activists, journalists, bloggers, writers and political
commentators and when he brutalises the people and treats them with
contempt and disdain you know that his end is near.
Our Pharaoh may appear to be invincible and all hope may appear to be lost
but we must remember that it is at that very point that the Ancient of
Days, the Lord of Hosts, the Mighty Man in Battle, the El Shaddai and the
God of “suddenly” always shows up to display His awesome might and
miraculous power.
It has happened before and it will happen again. We must always remember
that God is not asleep and that though the night may be dark and full of
tribulations, fears and tears, joy comes in the morning.
We must always remember that sooner or later the darkness will be lifted,
our morning will come, the finger of the Lord will be unleashed, His
purpose will be made manifest, His people will be delivered and His name
shall be glorified.
We must always remember that sooner or later something will give, Herod
will fall and, once again, we shall marvel at the wisdom and power of our
Lord and Defender.
In the meantime we must dig deep and find strength and courage in our
faith, the power of His word, the justice of our cause and the sincerity
in our unassailable and bold convictions. We must keep hope alive, stand
firm and always be strong.
It is only a matter of time before we bear witness and testimony to the
greatest Red sea experience in the history of our nation. It is only a
matter of time before Sennacherub will be consumed and slaughtered by his
own sons at the alter of their gods.
Everything has an expiry date, including the wickedness of the wicked, the
rulership of the proud, the arrogance of the arrogant and the tyranny of
bloodthirsty and evil men.
When their cup is full and God says “it is time”, the spell will be broken
and they shall vanish like chaff before the wind.
(Femi Fani-Kayode, 20th March, 2019).