Ma Faith Oyedepo shared a testimony about how she was bleeding when she was pregnant with their first child. When Bishop Oyedepo came back, she told him that she had a miscarriage, he replied: āyou cannot have a miscarriage!ā, and asked for his meal. Twitter has ran amok.
Iāve seen all manners of dragging, name calling, framing and bullying. Bishop has been tagged insensitive, wicked, misogynistic. The brazen heap of vitriolic comments is shocking. I mean, this couple have been happily married for 41 years!
It worked for them. Ma Faith ended up not having a miscarriage. His bold opposition to the condition was not necessarily insensitivity, it was faith, and it worked. I donāt attend Living Faith, but I think itās general knowledge that Bishop Oyedepo is a crazy faith kind of man.
We donāt read minds, and we canāt tell if he was praying in his mind while eating. Matters as such are nuanced. We donāt know the promises God may have given him. We can only relate with God on our level of faith. And remember that thereās gift of faith.
Should everyone take on and copy this in medical issues? Itās a matter of revelation. Christ didnāt raise every dead person in His time. Why? Some people never receive healing after persistent prayers. Godās sovereignty! He decides who He wants to show mercy.
Commonsensically, the first response is to run to the hospital. May I add that itās also faith to receive medical treatment. God gave doctors that knowledge. Science is an evidence of Godās creativity and grace. So, both ways, thereās faith. Doctors treat, God heals.
If Elijah existed in our time, yāall will drag him when the widow gave him their last food. If Jesus existed in our time, yāall will drag him when he didnāt go āon timeā to heal Lazarus. He even got there and said Lazarus was āsleepingā, after 3 days of death. So insensitive! š
Ma Faithās tweet was, in summary, an expression of crazy and solid faith in the face of troubles. Even if you have a divergent opinion, coming for a strong couple, 41 years and counting is foolish. Most of you arenāt more than 30. Do you know what marriage for 41 years means?
If you have a better biblical view, share in humility. As a believer, donāt join the world to mock miracles. The context of that tweet was for Christians to decipher, but immediately some of you hear a woman serving her husband food, all that comes to your mind is āOPPRESSION!āš¤¦š¼āāļø
Let me add this: just because you miscarry a child doesnāt mean you donāt have enough faith. My kid sister miscarried, they had faith. My mom died after I fasted for weeks, I had faith. Miracles are still subject to Godās sovereignty. May God help everyone hoping for a miracle.
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