Faith tested

It was almost 1 in the morning

And I heard her screaming

A quick "mom, I need to go

Cos I think someones in deliverance" on the phone

And my heart beats faster hoping I would not see what's been conceived

As I quickened my steps towards that piercing scream

Hoping that it would not be what it seems

I make out the people from a far sight

"Yup, it's people I know"

With a heavy heart I thought

"God, why this if it would only tarnish the name of Christians?"

Why in the open, so public, so uncontrollable

What would people think or perceive of us?

That we're out of control and hopeless?

That we can actually be possessed by the devil?

Questions and thought accompanied me as I rushed to the scene

We have gone so far to be in the favor of guards

To be genuine Christians who are accepted in hostel

But why this, why now?

The scene was something I've never dealt with before

And the help we needed was nowhere to be found

After a few phone calls for help because it was truly beyond us

The words I feared spoken

"You take the lead"

I just didn't know what to do.

I was misinformed that Satan entered

But no way can that be

Cos there's no room for anything when the Holy Spirit is present

But when you're upfront with something so extreme

All you can do
Is to do nothing but pray 

It was scary 

Everyone was praying

Young Christians with trusting faith

But was it the right way?

I think it looked chaotic and helpless to people

People from other religions advising to do different things

"Call her name back!"

"Put this amulet on her, it may help"

All these with good intentions

But I had no choice but to be fervent

And say we don't need all these but the power of God

Then the guards came

And I got afraid

If they were gonna do what they do cos they thought this was an exorcism

Then the dark forces would be backed up

And me being me

I wouldn't dare ask the guard to just stop

Thank God for wisdom and a brave brother

Who just made the guard 

Stop.

We prayed and prayed

Up to about under an hour

It stopped

And I was relieved

Glad that she was ok

But more happy cos we had the peace

Everyone slept well

Except people who didn't know our God

I look back at this

And I really do wonder

Why did God allow this

The way we prayed for her

The awkward positions

The many passerby's that were curious

The way things were handled

Was it the right way?

Shows all the more how much I need to be rooted in the word

And get under good leadership who can explain this kinda stuff

However so

I believe that this happened for a reason

And God can change what seems like utter disdain

Into something that could glorify Him

To change beauty for ashes

And to bring this generation back to Him

I stand amazed at how the young Christians there

Still had unshakable faith

Despite witnessing an event such as this

Their faith became stronger

And that is great cos we get to reach a whole new level

As we come out of an event such as these unshakable

A whole new level of spiritual maturity is reached

And we just get higher and higher

And stronger and stronger
When we pass the test

When our faith is tested.