Morning by Morning, June 23 - Honoring William Walusimbi in the Victory of Life over Death
Good morning, Lord Jesus. I seek Your face, call on Your name, and listen for Your voice. ...
"For Christ must reign until He humbles all His enemies beneath His feet. And the last enemy to be destroyed is death" (1 Corinthians 15:24-25).
My heart is sad this morning as they lay to rest my friend, Pastor William Walusimbi in Kampala, Uganda. My heart breaks for his devoted wife and best friend, Jane, and their children and all who love this Godly family who have given their lives to serve the Lord. His death was too sudden and he was too young, with so much more to do and so much to enjoy with his easy smile, tender heart, and passionate spirit. He was a gifted teacher and apostolic leader, overseeing such powerful ministry throughout a nation and inside his home. I pray for Your strong arms of comfort around the hearts of all who know him and love him.
But though our enemy of death, "the last enemy to be destroyed," would boast to have won this battle, coming to steal and kill and destroy with as much damage as possible, death will have no victory here. The Author of Life has snatched our brother William out of the grip of death and delivered him in the hands of our Father through Jesus Christ our Lord. "For our dying bodies must be transformed into bodies that will never die; our mortal bodies must be transformed into immortal bodies. Then, when our dying bodies have been transformed into bodies that will never die, this Scripture will be fulfilled: 'Death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?" (v. 15:53-55) With all of heaven, I look forward to that day to come with "Death and Hades (are) thrown into the lake of fire" forever (Revelation 20:14).
So as my heart celebrates my friend William's victory of life over death and the victory of the One who has conquered the grave, my heart also grieves the anguish of those who'll always love him but never hold him again on this side of heaven. But even in our grief, we do "not grieve as others do who have no hope. For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with Him those who have died.... Therefore encourage one another with these words" (1 Thessalonians 4:18).
Our brother William has left a legacy of hope, an eternal blessing for his wife and family, a harvest of souls for the Kingdom of God, and a name that will never be forgotten, as he lived a life to glorify Your name. His passion will live on forever as he now joins the One who ever lives to intercede for the saints and takes his place in the great cloud of witnesses with the heroes of faith who have gone before us (Hebrews 12:1). Death has no victory here. For it's in this way, and only in this way, that we can say with Your Word at a time like this, "Precious is the sigh of the Lord is the death of His faithful ones" (Psalm 116:15). And truly William Walusimbi was and always will be one of Your faithful ones. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.
Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays
Pastor William & Jane Walusimbi in Uganda
My Friend, please join with me in praying for Jane and her family and all who have loved and been touched by Pastor William Walusimbi. I'm so glad my friend Mike Scalf, out team leader from our recent Uganda ministry trip, is able to go and share our love and comfort with Jane and her family. God bless you, my friend!
Tommy Hays | Messiah Ministries
Healing from the Inside Out
Pastoral Director | Rapha God Ministries
4 Dominion Drive, Building 1
San Antonio, Texas 78257
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