Uganda, Africa
In Uganda, what has been happening there is just absolutely unbelievable. Things began to reach a climax in January of this year, when a large gathering of believers from across Uganda, came together in the Mendela National Stadium to usher in the year 2000. This meeting was attended by the president of the nation and the first lady and just about every other major mayor and governor in this country.
What has happened in this country is that not only have tens of thousands of Ugandans come into the Kingdom of God en-masse in city after city after city, but all of the devastation that Idi Amin and Milton Obote left after their reigns of terror is now being swept away. It stands in stark contrast to all the surrounding nations. In addition to that, the rate of AIDS cases, which was worse than any other country in Africa, has just absolutely plummeted. The economy is picking up; everything is beginning to turn around.
This is the covenant entered into by the president of Uganda, the leading political leaders alongside the pastors:
"Whereas our ancestors worshipped idols and got enslaved by witchcraft and demons; and whereas we, their descendants, have continued in their sins and added on our own, even after the light of the gospel came to our nation; and whereas because of all of this, our nation has experienced God's judgement in terms of wars, diseases, plagues, poverty and famine; and whereas in the past few years, because of God's mercy, we have experienced a large measure of civil quiet, prosperity and God's blessing; we therefore, on the first day of January in the year of our Lord two thousand (as those interceding for our nation Uganda, and representing our districts, tribes and families before God), we ask God's forgiveness for our own sins, the sins of our countrymen and the sins of our ancestors. As we enter the third millennium, we covenant our nation Uganda to God; and we dedicate ourselves, our land and its peoples to be vessels to fulfil God's plans and purposes. And whereas in our nation we have enshrined in our constitution the freedom of worship so that nobody should compel another person to subscribe to any religion or religious expression, nevertheless, as members of the Body of Jesus Christ in Uganda, we enter into an agreement with God (Nehemiah chapters 9 and 10) and we pledge ourselves..."
And here is a list of six magnificent things that they pledged themselves to:
- To work towards the unity of our nation for Godly values as we renounce racial and tribal discrimination;
- To practice, keep and teach the word of God in the Bible faithfully;
- To raise our children and families in the fear of God;
- To promote good morals in society and help raise up leaders of integrity over our nation.
- We renounce idolatry, witchcraft and Satanism in our land and its associated sacrifices of even human beings.
- We also renounce earlier dedications of our nation made to demons and beings other then the true and living God; and on God's part, we ask Him to look with favour upon our nation..." And there's a list of blessings here.
This rally was attended by over a hundred thousand people, including the President of the nation, who got down on their faces before God to enter into this covenant. This is the sort of action that is now taking place in cities and in regions across the face of the earth. God is responding to these overtures, and He is transforming their communities.
This report is from a message that George Otis Jr. gave in June 2000, at Cornerstone Christian, in Mountlake Terrace, Washington. © The Sentinel Group