THERE’S A HOLE IN THE JUGGERNAUGHT!
Several months ago, God showed me in a mental picture, a huge ship sailing on a stormy sea. As I watched, the Word that came to me was, “The juggernaught is turning around.”
The word “juggernaught” means “an unstoppable force”.
Only days afterwards, as I sought confirmation of this message, I read an article in a credible publication that reported on a speech our president made at a SACP conference. In his speech, he proposed building a second Eskom as a solution to the electricity problem! In his speech, one of the speakers referred to the government as “the ship of state”! I was stunned! That’s exactly what God had called the government of South Africa…a seemingly unstoppable ship of state!
In the months since that message, the picture is becoming clearer. After the elections in May last year, the ruling party lost its majority and had to resort to a coalition givernment to retain some of its power. The juggernaught began to turn around! At first, the ruling party bulldozed old bills through, passed by the old parliament without consulting coalition partners.
However, since then, the juggernaut is not only turning around. It has also has developed a hole. One of its own spokesmen has declared that the ship is sinking. Through the leaders’ stubborn and foolish decisions and actions, our country is being isolated from its historical allies by aligning itself with countries supporting terrorism and insane socialist Ideologies. There is also mounting internal disillusionment and dissatisfaction as the infrastructure crumbles.
AND THE WORLD IS Watching! The eyes of the world are focused on this little country and its conflict with the USA.
Shortly after a conversation with my son, in which I said that our leaders need a prophetic word from God, two prophecies came to light. One prophecy, spoken three years ago, clearly predicts judgment on our president because of the wickedness of his government especially in relation to the ongoing looting of the countriy’s resources and the oppression of the poor.
The second prophecy, spoken to the ANC during a parliamentary session, by the leader of a party with Christian values, declared that the ANC is under God’s curse because they have cursed Israel.
It seems that crux of the antagonism of the USA against South Africa is the case against Israel, taken to the International Court of Justice (the ICJ). Rumours of South Africa’s knowledge of the attack on Israel on October 7, and of Iran’s funding of the ICJ case against Israel are persistently surfacing.
All this evidence against South Africa, especially exposing the wicked intentions of its leaders, is pointing towards God’s involvement with our country in line with His pattern of judgment on Egypt and on Ahab in the Old Testament records I have already outlined in two previous posts. Our president’s stubborn refusal not only to change the laws that are strangling our economy but actually increasing their severity, mirrors the stubbornness of Pharaoh to let God’s people go.
Despite the warnings of international bodies and the pleas of coalition members, the attitude of our president is entrenching the purpose of the ruling party to drag our country into utter ruin. Is this the same way in which God judged Egypt and King Ahab, by giving them what they wanted?
How can we pray for our country?
Since our role as God’s church is to partner with Him in prayer in what He is doing, since Jesus is working, in all things, for His church, and since God’s will is for us to live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness, we can pray two simple prayers, in line with God’s Word…
Matthew 6:9-10 NIV
[9] “This, then, is how you should pray: ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, [10] your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.’ “
And, after the prophet Nathan’s prophecy to David that God would build him an everlasting dynasty…
2 Samuel 7:18-21, 25-26 NIV
[18]”Then King David went in and sat before the Lord, and he said: “Who am I, Sovereign Lord, and what is my family, that you have brought me this far? [19] And as if this were not enough in your sight, Sovereign Lord, you have also spoken about the future of the house of your servant—and this decree, Sovereign Lord, is for a mere human! [20] What more can David say to you? For you know your servant, Sovereign Lord. [21] For the sake of your word and according to your will, you have done this great thing and made it known to your servant…
[25] “And now, Lord God, keep forever the promise you have made concerning your servant and his house. DO AS YOU PROMISED, [26] so that your name will be great forever. Then people will say, ‘The Lord Almighty is God over Israel!’ And the house of your servant David will be established in your sight.”
God will destroy the gods of South Africa as He did the gods of Egypt. He will not tolerate rivals…
God will glorify His name by destroying the wicked who rule over us as He did Pharaoh and his army…
And, God will reveal His glory to the whole world as the world watches to see what happens in our land.
Habakkuk 2:14 NIV
[14]”For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.”
So, let’s not jump ship as many people are doing. Let’s stay faithful to the Lord and His plans. His pattern in Scripture is clear. He will rescue our land from the evil leaders who are enslaving us to socialism. He will destroy them and the gods they worship. He will show the world that He reigns in our nation and glorify His name in His righteousness and justice.
Psalms 37:1-11 NIV
[1] “Do not fret because of those who are evil or be envious of those who do wrong; [2] for like the grass they will soon wither, like green plants they will soon die away. [3] Trust in the Lord and do good; dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture. [4] Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart. [5] Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him and he will do this: [6] He will make your righteous reward shine like the dawn, your vindication like the noonday sun. [7] Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him; do not fret when people succeed in their ways, when they carry out their wicked schemes. [8] Refrain from anger and turn from wrath; do not fret—it leads only to evil. [9] For those who are evil will be destroyed, but those who hope in the Lord will inherit the land. [10] A little while, and the wicked will be no more; though you look for them, they will not be found. [11] But the meek will inherit the land and enjoy peace and prosperity.”