Bishop Isaiah Mbuga and his wife, Deborah during a virtual thanksgiving service to mark 13 years of Christ’s Heart Ministries International on 7 June, 2020. COURTESY PHOTO.
Christ’s Heart Ministries International is celebrating 13 years this year.
The ministry’s front runners Bishop Isaiah Mbuga and his wife, Deborah reflected on what God has done over the past years, looking ahead at what is to come.
“We have seen God for the last 13 years,” Bishop Isaiah started
He revealed that Christ’s Heart Ministries International has encountered opposition in various forms in its bid to expand and engage in gospel-centered activities aimed at equipping and strengthening the body of Christ.
“There were times when people in Mukono prayed against us. Witch doctors worked against us. Police was against us,” he said.
“There was so much opposition but by the grace of God, we have stood for 13 years and we have results to show,” he said.
Bishop Mbuga pointed out a valuable lesson he learnt regarding opposition.
“Opposition is like sandpaper. At the end of the day, sandpaper wears out, but its effect enables you to become smooth,” he explained.
“God has given us a mandate, this is not a personal mandate, we are not out to attack anybody, but we are here to herald not just a new generation, but a new leadership for the body of Christ,” he said. ” There is going to be a new generation, and I tell you, it is going to come, and it is going to take over, and lead the body of Christ in these days.”
Jesus told a story known as the parable of the wheat and tares. In this particular story, He talked about a farmer who planted a crop of wheat. And during the night his enemy came along and sowed tares, or weeds, among the wheat.
Bible scholars say the tare that Jesus described in this parable was also known as the darnel seed, which looks almost exactly like wheat in the beginning stages of its growth. But after it grows a little more, it becomes evident that it is a weed, and it actually uproots the wheat.
Bishop Mbuga used the above parable to call ministry leaders’ attention to ‘tares’.
For the Bishop, many people “are pursuing a devil that sowed tares and went away, at the expense of dealing with the tares that have been sowed,” he said.
“There has always been a generation that is in charge of the Church. When that generation went to sleep, the enemy came in, he sowed his tares and went his way. When they woke up, they did not deal with the tares, they started dealing with the devil,” he said.
“We are not called to fight the devil, we are called to resist him, and he will flee from us,” he said, later quoting 1 John 2:16.
The passage reads:
“For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.”
“The walk of salvation, yes, it is a battle, but at the end of the day, it is not a battle between you and the devil, it is a battle for you to keep focus,” Bishop Mbuga said. “As a believer, do not carry anything that does not belong to the Father.”
He continued, “The bible says, ‘we ask and do not receive, because we ask amiss.’ You are dealing with a demon that sowed the tares and went away. Instead of you renewing yourself in God, you are busy trying to pursue the demon.”
Other quoted scriptures where Philippians 4:8 and 1st John 3:8, which says, “For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil.”
