In his book The Final Quest, Rick Joyner writes about being told in heaven that: “There is only One (Jesus) . . . who fully obeyed, and who truly finished all that He was given to do.” It would, therefore, be a lie to say that LAT has never made mistakes. There are two things I did at the actual beginning which I consider serious mistakes. Some might argue that they were not, but I prefer to consider them that way so that we can learn from them.
Our first three services, starting on 31st August 2014, were at Royal Suites in Bugolobi. We thank God for Mark and Susan Kakitahi who voluntarily paid the first rent. However, it is possible that we were not supposed to be in Bugolobi. If that is true, then God simply allowed us to operate in the permissive will which would have eventually gotten us in big trouble. During the last week we were there, I began doubting whether that was really the place we should fellowship from because as Samuel Muwanga dreamt then, it was becoming laborious ‘building’ in Bugolobi.
We therefore decided to find a venue in Ntinda. One night, William Turinawe and I went to several places in Ntinda, including Nob View Hotel. The hotel was fine, but not as good as Royal Suites. Therefore, we ignored it. However, a day later, Dorothy Nakimuli received a dream telling us that Nob View Hotel was the place we were to be. The following day, William and I went and booked it for our Sunday service. The rest is history.
On that first morning, Sunday 31st August 2014, Dr. Dennis Mugimba had a dream where God instructed him to leave his church without delay and join us in Bugolobi for our first service. A person like him who had an undeniably God-given dream to come to Bugolobi on 31st August 2014 might argue that holding our first services in Bugolobi was not a mistake. I could be wrong, but as I said earlier on, I would rather consider Bugolobi to have been the permissive will of God, so that I can learn to always seek God for His perfect will on issues so major like where a church should be.
Another issue, which I believe was a grave mistake, also happened at the start. I invited a friend to join and exercise his gift at LAT. He came with another friend who took a leading role in one of the departments. A few months down the road, issues arose out of that leadership. God actually revealed the seriousness of these things to Juliana Nantaba in a dream. Another lady called Elizabeth Ssali – so powerfully gifted prophetically to this day – though she had left LAT, received a dream where God said that if I did not immediately make the necessary changes in that department, it was going to adversely affect the church. When I quickly moved to implement those instructions, my friends left the church, and peace returned in that department. To this day, I believe a big mistake was made in inviting my friend to join and exercise his powerful God-given gift at LAT. I should have known that that, too, was something major for which I should have inquired of God.
Surely I made great mistakes at the birth of LAT. More importantly though, is the lesson to draw from those mistakes. We should learn to quickly repent when we realize we have erred – especially in things of major consequence. The Bible says, “He who is often rebuked, and hardens his neck, will suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy” (Proverbs 29:1). Roberts Liardon once said, “Repentance got you saved, and repentance will keep you moving.” We shall always make mistakes because we are human; however, when God reveals to us that we need to change direction, we must do so as quickly as possible. May LAT never develop a stiff neck.
I hope to see you this Sunday for our 4th Anniversary celebrations. The Lord has been so good to us – in spite of our mistakes.
God bless you.