According to reports from Juba, South Sudan, Seventh-day Adventist Pastor Daniel Garang has been released after being kidnapped. [1] Local accounts say that soldiers detained Pastor Garang while he was traveling to perform baptisms last Saturday. He was led, without explanation, to a wooded area where the local army commander was holding people captive. The authorities confiscated his motorcycle and cell phone and held him captive until Monday morning, when local political leaders informed him that he had been arrested for allegedly gathering information for rival political groups. He assured them that he was a pastor of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, and only after they were able to verify Pastor Daniel’s passport and documentation was he informed of the real reason for his detention.
Pastor Daniel Garang was informed that his arrest was due to his plans to conduct baptisms and preach the gospel, and that certain people in the area did not want the Adventist message to be spread. He was eventually released because the military has no issues with religion, and he was given his cell phone and motorcycle. A former Seventh-day Adventist soldier told him privately that his abduction had been planned since the previous Thursday, two days before his arrest. Since his release, Pastor Daniel Garang has resumed his evangelistic work and is now conducting thanksgiving praise ceremonies.
Praise be to the Almighty for His boundless mercy and grace. We thank God for the liberation of the kidnapped pastor in South Sudan. We believe in the power of prayer and in the intervention of God, whose divine presence is with all the faithful who are afflicted and persecuted for righteousness’ sake. It is essential to recognize that it is God who orchestrates the fulfillment of His divine work on Earth. Since the inception of time, His sovereignty has reigned supreme.
As mere vessels of His divine plan, we are called to align our hearts and actions with His will, understanding that our efforts are nothing more than instruments in His hands. Whether through evangelism, medical missionary work, or comforting the oppressed, it is God who empowers us to carry out His purpose. Therefore, let us humbly surrender to His guidance, trusting in His wisdom and providence, knowing that through His grace, His work will be accomplished and His glory will shine in every situation.
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You know, one could the case that the military may have saved his life for who knows if someone was lying in wait for him with nefarious intentions.
My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion forever. Psalm 73:26
God is good.
PTL for His intervention.
Amen
”And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: For thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.“
Psalm 9:10 KJV