We are going to PUSH (Pray Until Something Happens), because it is what God commanded us to do. Just as you are aware, God first gave us this command on 25th January 2024 by a dream Joan Isoke had.
In that dream, Joan was standing in front of church, getting ready to preach. She then told the congregation that her sermon was titled PUSH (Pray Until Something Happens). Afterwards, she also told the congregation to open their Bibles to 1 Thessalonians 5:17 which says: “Pray without ceasing.”
Interestingly, on the Sunday when we weren’t able to congregate, one of us,Teddy Kobusinge, visited a very good church, Victory City Church Ntinda. They too were preaching about PUSH – Praying Until Something Happens. God definitely orchestrated this to be an encouragement to Teddy, and to the rest of us, “That men always ought to pray and not lose heart” (Luke 18:1), “until something happens.”
As, we PUSH let us not forget or neglect giving thanks to God for both the things we are praying about, and for the things we already have. God loves, acknowledges, and honors gratefulness. That is why Jesus wondered that only one leper out of the ten returned to give thanks after He had healed him.
The Baganda, a tribe in Central Uganda, have a saying that goes, “Webale webale akumalako ebibyo.” This literally means that a person who always thanks you for what you do for him/her will empty you of all that you have, because his/her gratefulness will always make you want to give him/her more. If we human beings are driven to always give to those who express sincere gratefulness, how much more God?
Therefore, as you PUSH, praying without ceasing (1 Thessalonians 5:17), until something happens, also “in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you” (1 Thessalonians 5:18). If you do these two things together, you will definitely experience more of the goodness of God than what you are PUSH-ing for.
God bless you.