“When I say to a wicked person, ‘You will surely die,’ and you do not warn them or speak out to dissuade them from their evil ways in order to save their life, that wicked person will die for their sin, and I will hold you accountable for their blood.” Ezekiel 3:18
The initial thought that entered my mind, when seeing thousands of Haitian immigrants camping under a bridge near Del Rio, TX was, ‘How many of those people are bringing vodou practices across the border?’ I wasn’t thinking about them bringing COVID-19 or some other disease, it was about them bringing devil worship with them into our country within this fallen world; bringing one more thing the devil has brought here in hopes that it will seem normal after a few weeks, months or years. One more flag.
The above verse initially may seem like quite a strong warning to those who have heard the message of salvation; that they are to not just keep this knowledge to themselves but freely share with the lost. The Haitian man in the attached photo is the witch doctor at this unimposing vodou temple in Croix d’ Bouquets which is a suburb in Port-au-Prince; he needs to hear the message of salvation.
It seems that while we learn that the lost are certainly doomed to hell and we are to speak the truth with them; there is also the fact that God loves each and every one of us and only wants the best for each of us. It is His desire that this man trapped in vodou, the people camped under that bridge in Texas and you and I would all accept the fact that He sent His Son to die for us and salvation has been won and is awaiting all who call upon the name of Jesus.
There are several thousands of young Haitian missionaries attending Christian schools in the Port-au-Prince district who are learning more and more about Jesus Christ and being fed daily by donors like you and me. As you have shared the truth in your neighborhood, thank you for also sharing of your gifts to assist in the preparation of the youth in Haiti who will take the message of salvation to those caught up in the lies of vodou and perhaps to the ears of this witch doctor. Isaac Watts wrote the words for the Hymn ‘Am I a soldier of the Cross’ in 1721 and they will close this message today.
“Am I a solder of the Cross, a foll'wer of the Lamb and shall I fear to own His cause or blush to speak His name? Must I be carried to the skies on flow'ry beds of ease while others fought to win the prize and sailed thro' bloody seas? Are there no foes for me to face? Must I not stem the flood? Is this vile world a friend to grace to help me on to God? Sure I must fight if I would reign; increase my courage, Lord! I'll bear the toil, endure the pain, supported by Thy Word. Thy saints in all this glorious war shall conquer though they die; they see the triumph from afar with faith's discerning eye. When that illustrious Day shall rise and all Thine armies shine in robes of victory through the skies, the glory shall be Thine.”
Heavenly Father, you have called your servants to ventures of which we cannot see the ending, by paths as yet untrodden, through perils unknown. Give us faith to go out with good courage, not knowing where we go but only that your hand is leading us and your love supporting us through Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior. Amen.
May God be with you…Jay