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AFRIKAN ARTS
sacrifice that His will may be
done here on earth just as it is
done in Heaven.
You are a poet and an
author and you once said
that you portray life in the
kingdom of God in your
writings. How did this
come to be?
I didn’t initially understand
some of my writings as patterns
of life in the kingdom of God
until, I began to understand the
uniqueness of my walk with
God, or you can say the hope
of my calling in Christ. Most
of my writings come from the
place of meditations, of course,
and interactions with the Holy
Spirit. After a time of meditation
the Holy Spirit would have me
pen things down in the form
of prophecies, parables, solu-
tions to issues, understanding
of spiritual situations, seasons
and times, all poetically. That
is when I began to understand
what my life represented in the
kingdom of God. It is incredibly
humbling when I see the lives
of people conform to the will
of God and come to an under-
standing of the mind of God
over their lives or situations af- strength for the people know-
ter reading or listening to any of
my writings. It is more amazing
to me. To God be the glory.
What is it like giving
voice to the utterances
of God?
It is an awesome responsibil-
ity. You have to be mindful of
whose words you are uttering
at every given time. Sometimes
it doesn't even come out in
understandable words, some
other times it's in actions and
positions taken. Whichever way,
there is a message in the heart
of God that must be heard,
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seen or in very few cases un-
derstood, and the responsibility
lies on you at that moment. The
beauty that it carries is that God
always confirms His words with
signs, wonders and miracles
most importantly to you, giving
you peace all the time no matter
how bizarre, frightened, foolish
or crazy you may sound or look.
What kind of challenges do
you face in your journey
and how do you overcome
them?
At the beginning of my walk
with God I had a lot of chal-
lenges. Sometimes it was
getting angry that people did
not instantly agree with what I
was saying to them, some other
times being emotional. I used
to feel so restless, especially
when a message was within an
immediate time frame; it really
was difficult at the initial stage.
I was labeled with funny names
and patronized; I look back now
and laugh.
As time went on and I began
to mature in the life of God, I
started to understand that it was
just fear. So I would go back to
God with a prayer of mercy and
ing I could not add, remove or
make a shift from any position
I was to take. Ezekiel chapter
33 was my Bible passage. I
would also go back to the Holy
Spirit to ask for details of the
message. The utterances that
come from me were to compel
people to go back to God for
details. That way I am never
the final word, to the glory of
God, I always remembered to
tell everyone to go back to God.
There were also some challeng-
es that were handled by being
satisfied with whatever I had at
the time, I learnt how to abase
and abound.
Afrika's rich art culture is
facing a gradual watering
down due to the chase
after shallow monetary
gains. How do you propose
we help the situation?
First of all, the reason you
water down what belongs to
you to sell it is because you do
not have value for it. Anytime
money becomes the reason
for anything, then it becomes
possible to alter it on demand,
hence it loses the quality of
being priceless.
Honestly speaking, I do not
think that there is any earthly
thing that cannot be altered
and monetized. The only way
to help with this is by educat-
ing the people to have eternal
values, love, joy, patience and
contentment. The truth is what-
ever comes from you shows
who you are, your values and
all. So for me to change the
mindset of the people of Afrika
from earthly to eternal is very
key. Change the mindset and
values change and every other
thing follows.
If you were to say something
to those who may be wrestling
with the process of getting to
the point of allowing God to
simply do as He wills through
them, what would it be?
I believe everybody goes
through this from the beginning,
but the feeling begins to give
way when there is a decisive
decision to love God come what
may, a place of "if I perish I per-
ish" That builds strength in the
inner man and of course there’s
the most important person of
all, the Holy Spirit. The Holy
Spirit is such a loving Being that
will never put more on you than
you can bear, find strength in
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