Mensa Otabil urges Christians to seek fertility in 2021

General news for Saturday, January 2, 2021

Source: GNA

2021-01-02

Dr. Mensa Otabil, General Overseer of the International Central Church of the Gospel (ICGC), has urged Christians to faithfully pursue fertility in the year 2021.

He pointed out that God wants his children to be fruitful (productive) in all spheres of life, so that he may glorify him (God).

Dr. Otabil said this in his homily during the Crossover Watch evening service on December 31 at the ICGC Christ Temple Auditorium, Abossey Okai, Accra.

The annual event, which used to take place in Independence Square or Accra Sports Stadium, this year, had to be held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Speaking on the topic of “Fertility”, Dr. Otabil used the biblical story of Noah, who spent 120 years building an arch and preaching the need for humanity to turn to God in righteousness; and how Noah along with his family (eight souls) were saved by God through the arch when the devastating flood fell on all the earth.

He said that Noah’s situation was similar to the Coronavirus pandemic, which had devastated the entire world; declaring that after the devastating flood, Noah had to start over in life.

He said that after the flood, Noah, offered a thanksgiving sacrifice to God, and that God was pleased with him and gave him a promise and a sign (a rainbow) and then God told him that as long as the earth remains, there will be sowing time and harvest time. .

“Tonight we are like those who came out of the arch after the flood; I am aware that the danger of the coronavirus has not completely passed. We still have to keep our vigilance, protect ourselves from infection, comply with protocols; however, all human beings who lived in 2020 are emerging from one of the most devastating years of our modern life, “he said.

“The effect will not end this year (2020), it will continue next year and for many years because many things have gone wrong.”

Dr. Otabil said that when Noah left the arch, despite all that was lost, he made a sacrifice to God; saying “and that’s why at the end of each year, despite everything that had happened, we continue to sacrifice to God. We thank him and honor him ”.

The General Overseer said, God assured Noah that “even if nothing is fruitful, you must be fruitful.”

He said that this was the word that God wants to give Christians in a year of fruitfulness.

“We don’t know what 2021 will unload on earth, but we will be fruitful. COVID may still be around and still wreaking havoc, but as for us, we will be fruitful, ”he said.

“Some companies may collapse and we may hear some news in the corporate world that will chill our hearts, but as for us, we will be fruitful.”

Dr. Otabil said that Noah understood that fertility requires him to have to do something, so he went and planted a vineyard.

He said that before Noah became a farmer, he was a carpenter, he was building the arch and a preacher, but after the flood, he had to start over by becoming a farmer.

“So, I challenge you in the year of fertility, you will start to do something fruitful.”

He pointed out that after the flood, Noah had to leave the arch and resume his life; saying “I say to each and every one of you, you have to take your life back.”

“It is time to resume your schedule; it’s time to go back to church in person. I say it’s time to go back to church in person. Come out of the arch, because we have to start ”.

“Start over, you got knocked down, but get up and start over. Your business collapsed, get up and start over. You lost your investment, get up and start. Something did not work, get up and start. Don’t just complain and complain and blame COVID-19, ”he said.

“Your marriage needs to be built and repaired; children need to be built and repaired. Races must be built and repaired. Finances need to be built and repaired in the year of fertility. We will be like Noah; let’s start “.

He advised those who were successful in 2020 not to rest on their oars and that they should start something new in 2021; saying “just like we were surprised in 2020, you have no idea what 2021 will bring.”