“Elis sons were wicked men; they had no regard for the Lord.” – 1 Samuel 2:12 Jim Wallis is a Christian writer and political activist. He is best known as the founder and editor of Sojourners magazine. He visited South Africa during the years of apartheid. Jim remembers: “I’ll never forget my first day at St. George’s Cathedral in Cape Town, South Africa. A political rally had been called and canceled by the government, so Archbishop Tutu said, ‘Okay, we’re just going to have church then.’ And church he had. They gathered together in that Cathedral and the police were massing by the hundreds on the outside and they were there to intimidate, to threaten, to try and frighten all the worshipers. I will testify, being on the inside, that I was scared. You could feel the tension in that place. The police were so bold and arrogant they even came into that Cathedral and stood along the walls. They were writing down and tape recording every thing that Archbishop Tutu said. But he stood there to preach. And he stood up, a little man with long, flowing robes, and he said, ‘This system of apartheid cannot endure because it is evil.’ That’s a wonderful thing to say, but very few people on the planet believed that statement at that point in time. But I could tell that he believed it. Then he pointed his finger at those police standing along the walls of his sanctuary and said, ‘You are powerful. You are very powerful, but you are not gods and I serve a God who cannot be mocked.’ Then he flashed that wonderful Desmond Tutu smile and said, ‘So, since you’ve already lost, since you’ve already lost, I invite you today to come and join the winning side’ And at that the congregation erupted. They began dancing in the church. They danced out into the streets and the police moved back because they didn’t expect dancing worshipers.” Jesus conquered evil at the Cross. Today in prayer, confess any sin to Jesus and seek His will in all of your ways. “At the heart of the story stands the cross of Christ where evil did its worst and met its match.” – John W. Wenham God’s Word: “Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good.” – Romans 12:9 Daily Devotionals by Peter Kennedy
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