Occurrence
A few days ago a Christian brother in the Lord told me that it was his belief that the Lord wanted us to go to the Mormon Temple in Oakland and to pray there. He asked me my views on this prayer mission, and I told him if it was from the Lord I would go with him. So this Friday morning he picked me up for this Mormon prayer trip. I was basically going on his direction or his discernment, and we went into prayer as we drove.

Prophecy
Then the Lord said to me, "Go and do it. Go and do it."

For I was really going on faith for I had not received any instructions from the Lord until we were on the freeway and into prayer. During the prayer time on the way I saw a vision of a black candle and it was lit.

Vision:
 

Then the next thing I saw was the heel of a boot crush the black candle.

I just kept praying and praying and praying until we drove onto the parking lot of the Mormon church. My Christian brother had some problem with the architecture and stated that it wasn't the traditional Christian looking building and that it was more pagan and Egyptian looking than Christian. He went on and on explaining his views on the building design. So I just listened as he gave his views. He had brought a bottle of Olive Oil, and said we should find a place to anoint the temple for the Lord, and to pray for the location to anoint the ground.

So I said, "Fine."

We prayed in the spirit as quietly as possible as we walked on the temple grounds seeking the place the Lord wanted anointed. During this time there was a wedding going on so we acted as if we were tourists. We just quickly looked at the architecture and walked to the top of the temple and walked around it. My friend wanted to place a cross made of olive oil in the area that the Lord wanted. When I saw the spot I felt the olive oil should be poured, he quickly stated the same thing at the same time. Since we both had decided on this spot for the oil anointing at the same time we knew it was coming from the Lord. He told me to be a look-out and that he would discretely anoint the ground. I did not get a chance to see the anointing for I had my back to him and looking out over the hand rail and praying as he anointed the ground.

It seems that the Lord sends people two by two, so I submitted myself to my Christian brother's calling. I remember he placed some oil on his hand and started anointing the building walls and the benches, and the outside lights and anything he could place his hands on as we prayed around the building in the spirit. When we had almost completed a circle around the temple building all of a sudden I stopped. For I started smelling this strong Fragrance and he said he smelled it also.

He said, "It's probably the plants or the flowers."

I said, "No, this is different and stronger."

So we started going around the building grounds smelling all the plants and flowers, but none of the flowers or plants had any scent at all. But there was a strong Fragrance that was so distinct in this one area which had no flowers. This location was at a point where we had almost completed our circular walk around the temple building, and I could sense the Presence of the Lord. So to be sure, we kept smelling every plant and flower in the area and couldn't find anything that was emitting any kind of odor. Only this one little spot had this strong Fragrance that covered the walkway for about twenty feet.

It's amazing on how the Lord directs us, and accomplishes His will and gives confirmations. It's one of those occurrences that you had to be there to realize the confirmation to understand. For it is so easy to rationalize it to pollen in the air, bushes, or flowers, but it was the Lord.

Afterwards we sat in front of the temple and prayed and at the end of a prayer the Lord said, "It's done, It's done."

Then my Christian brother said that my vision of the black candle meant that the Lord stepped on the light of darkness. Then I felt goose bumps all over my skin. It was one of those occurrences that my friend and I walked in faith until we completed it.

As usual, when the Lord's work is completed, the enemy strikes. When we got to my friend's place of business we noticed he had a tire almost out of air. He took me home and called me an hour or so later worried and confused, the enemy was working on his mind. I could discern it as he spoke.

He said, "What if this happens? What if that happens?"

He was worried about the Mormon church hierarchy, and he kept saying, "They have all kinds of money and lawyers and what if they found out we anointed their temple grounds," and just kept going on and on. I could tell that the enemy was really working over time on his mind big time. He was really afraid after the prayer mission, the complete opposite from his behavior a few hours earlier, and this reminded me of the voice I heard at the temple prayer site, which kept stating over and over, "You are going to go to jail if you do this."

It seems to be a pattern when you walk on faith and complete it, the enemy is right behind you to implant that doubt and fear in doing the Lord's work. After listening to my Christian brother, I told him, it's the enemy and we have to do what the Lords tells us, and that He will protect us in all occasions, and that's where faith comes into play.

I guess he has never experienced that type of obedience that makes you vulnerable in the flesh, on the obedience of something, where you actually do it for the Lord. It is a whole different matter when the Lords places you on the front lines of areas you haven't walked before. For this was something that you physically do. They are not just words that sound so easy that are read in the bible that someone else did.

You do your job and wait for the repercussions in the flesh or in the spirit, but you will get repercussions, for this is why they call it spiritual warfare. All I can say to my Christian brother is when you walk through this trial and succeed or fail, all Praise, all Honor and Glory goes to Jesus, the Father, and the Holy Spirit. We have to stand firm on His protection and on His Word, "NO MATTER WHAT."

Matukio
Siku chache zilizopita Mkristo mmoja na Ndugu katika Kristo aliniambia mimi kuwa ilikuwa ni hisia yake kuwa Bwana alitaka sisi tyende kwenye hekalu la Mormon katika eneo la Oakland na kufanya maombi pale. Akanitaka maoni yangu kuhusu wazo hilo la utume wa maombi pale kwenye hekalu hilo, na mimi nakamweleza kuwa kama inatoka kwa Bwana hakika yeye yuko tayari kwenda naye. Kwa hiyo Ijumaa hii asubuhi akanichukua kwa ajili ya safari hii ya kwenda kufanya maombi kwenye hekalu hilo. Mimi nilikuwa naenda tu kufuta uelekeo au hisia yake hiyo tu, na sisi tukaanza kuingia kwenye maombi wakati tukiwa tuko barabarani kuelekea huko.

Unabii
Kisha Bwana akaniambia mimi, "Nenda na ukafanye. Nenda na ukafanye."

Kwa maana kwa kweli nilikuwa naenda kwa imani tu kwa maana nilikuwa bado sijapokea maagizo yeyote kutoka kwa Bwana hadi tulipokuwa kwenye barabara kuu na tukiwa tumeanza kuomba. Wakati tukiwa kwenye maombi huku tukiwa barabarani mimi niliona maono ya mshumaa mweusi na ulikuwa umewashwa.

Maono:
 

Kisha kilichofuata kukiona kilikuwa ni kisigino cha buti kikisigina ule mshumaa mweusi.

Mimi niliendelea tu kuomba na kuomba na kuomba mpaka hadi tukafika kwenye eneo la kuegeshea magari kwenye kanisa la Ki-Mormoni. Rafiki wangu yule Mkristo alikuwa na tatizo na namna ya ujenzi wa kanisa hilo na akasema kuwa jengo hilo halikuwa inafanana na majengo ya kawaida ya Makanisa ya Ki-kiristo na ilikuwa na sara zaidi ya majengo ya kipangani na ya Ki-misri kuliko yale ya Ki-Kristo. Akaendelea na kuendelea kuzungumzia mawazo yake kuhusu usanifu wa majengo hayo wa jengo hilo. Mimi nikawa naendelea tu kumsikiliza wakati ule yeye alipo kuwa akiyaeleza mawazo yake. Yeye alikuwa amenunua chupa kidogo ya mafuta mzeituni, na akasema tutafute sehemu ambayo tutaiweka hekalu lile wakfu kwa ajili ya Bwana, na kuomba kwa ajili ya kujua eneo ambalo linafaa ili kupawekea mafuta ya kuweka ardhi hiyo wakfu.

Kwa hiyo mimi nikasema, "Sawa."

Sisi tukaanza kuomba katika roho kwa sauti ya chini kabisa iwezekanavyo wakati tukiwa tunatembea katika eneo hilo la Hekalu tukitafuta mahali ambapo anataka kupawekee wakfu kwa kumiminia mafuta. Wakati huo kulikuwa na shamra shamra ya harusi nasi tukajifanya kana kwamba sisi tulikuwa ni watalii tu. Sisi tuliingia na kuangalia usanifu wa jengo lile kwa haraka na kupanda hadi juu ya jingo lile la hekalu na kulizunguka. Rafiki yangu yule akataka kuweka msalaba mkubwa wa mafuta ya mzeituni kwenye eneo ambalo Bwana alitaka pawekwe wakfu. Wakati nilipo paona mahala penyewe mimi nikawa na hisia ya kupamiminia mafuta ya mizeituni, yeye naye akasema neno hilo hilo pia wakati huo. Kwa vile sisi wote wawili tulikubaliana kwa pamoja kuhusu mahala pale ilikupaweka wakfu kwa kupamiminia mafuta, tukajua kuwa kwa uhakika hapo ndipo Bwana alipopachagua na kuwa hisia hizo zilikuwa zinatoka kwa Bwana.  Huyo rafiki yangu akaniambia niwe kama mlinzi nikiangalia watu wasituone wakati yeye kwa siri anapawekea ardhi ya mahala hapo wakfu kwa kupamiminia mafuta. Mimi sikuweza kushuhudia uwekaji miminaji wa mafuta hayo kwa vile mimi nilimwelekezea yeye mgogo wangu nikiwa naangalia ktoka mahala pale palipowekwa mabomba ya kuzuia watu wasipite nikiangalia ili mtu asione kile tunacho kifanya huku nikiwa ninaomba kimya kimya wakati yule mwenzangu alipokuwa akipaweka wakfu ardhi hiyo.

Inaonekana kana kwamba Bwana anawatuma watu wawili wawili, kwa hiyo mimi nikawa nimelikubali wito na pendekezo la yule rafiki wangu wa Kikristo. Mimi nakumbuka aliweka mafuta kwenye kingaja cha mkono wake na kuanza kupakaa mafuta kuta za jengo lile na mabenchi, na zile taa za pale nje na kila kitu kile ambacho alicho weza kukishika wakati tukiwa na endelea kuomba katika roho kulizunguka jengo lile. Wakati tulipokuwa tumekaribia kumaliza mzunguko wa kulizunguka hekalu lile kwa ghafla mimi nikasimama. Kwa maana mimi nilianza kunusa harufu ya manukato makali nay eye akasema naye pia alikuwa akisikia harufu ya manukato makali.

Yeye alisema, "labda ni harufu ya miti ya pale au ni maua."

Mimi nikasema, "Hapana, harufu hii ni ya tofauti nani kali."

Kwa hiyo sisi tulianza kulizunguka eneo la jengo lile tukinusa kila mmea na maua, lakini hapakuwa na lolote lililokuwa linatoa harufu yeyote. Lakini kulikuwa na harufu ya marashi kali pale ambayo ilikuwa dhahiri kabisa kwenye eneo hili mmoja ambayo haikuwa na maua ya aina yeyote. Kwenye sehemu hiyo ili kuwa kwenye eneo ambako tulikuwa tunamalizia mzunguko wa mduara wa kulizunguka jengo lile la hekalu, na mimi nilikuwa na hisi uwepo wa Bwana. Kwa hiyo ilikuwa na uhakika tulianza kunusa kila mmea na maua katika eneo lile na hatukupata chochote kinacho toa harufu ile kwenye eneo hilo. Bali kwenye eneo hili mmoja ndogo ilikuwa na harufu hiyoambayo ilizagaa kwa mwendo wa futi ishirini.

Inastaajabisha jinsi Bwana anavyotuongoza sisi, na kutimiza mapenzi yake na jinsi anavyotoa udhibitisho. Ni mmoja ya matukio ya mambo yale ambayo unatakiwa uwe pale iliuweze kutambua udhibistisho wa ufahamu. Kwa maana ni rahisi sana kudhania kuwa labda ni harufu ya poleni kwenye hewani, maporini kwenye miti, au maua fulani fulani lakini kumbe alikuwa ni Bwana mwenyewe. 

Baadaye tulikaa chini mbele ya hekalu lile na kusali na mwisho wa kusali Bwana akasema “Imekwisha, Imekwisha.”

Kisha yule rafiki wangu wa Ki-Kristo akasema yale maono ya mshumaa mweusi ni kuwa Bwana anaenda kukanyaga kwenye mwanga wa giza. Kisha mimi nikashikwa na msisimko kwenye ngozi ya mwili wangu wote. Yalikuwa ni mmoja ya yale matukio ambako mimi na rafiki yangu tulienda katika imani hadi tuka maliza.

Kama kawaida yake, wakati kazi ya Bwana inapokamilika, adui anaanza mashambulizi. Wakati tulipofika kwenye eneo la biashara ya rafiki yangu tuliona yeye alikuwa na tairi iliyokuwa karibu kuishiwa na upepo. Yeye akanipeleka nyumbani na baada ya kitu kama saa mmoja baadaye yeye akanipigia simu akiwa anamashaka na kuchanganyikiwa, adui alikuwa akiihangaisha akili yake. Mimi nilikuwa nikiihisi wakati alipokuwa akiongea.

Yeye akasema, "itakuwaje iwapo hili litatokea? Itakuweje iwapo lile litatokea?"

Yeye alikuwa na wasiwasi kuhusu utawala wa kanisa la Ki-Mormon, na kuendelea kusema, "Wao wanafedha za aina zote, na wanasheria na itakuweje iwapo watagundua kuwa sisi tuliiweka wakfu ardhi yao," na akaendelea kusema hayo tena na tena. Mimi nilikuwa naona kuwa kwa kweli adui alikuwa akiishughulisha akili yake kwa nguvu kubwa. Yeye kwa kweli alikuwa ameogopa sana baada ya safari ile ya maombi, kwa kweli ilikuwa ni kinyume kabisa na tabia yake ya masaa machache yaliyo pita muda mchache uliopita, nahii ilikuwa inanikumbusha sauti niliyokuwa nasikia pale kwenye eneo la hekalu wakati wa maombi ambayo ilikuwa ikiniambia tena na tena kuwa “Ninyi mtaenda jela kama mtafanya hivi.”

Inaonekana kama ni kawaida unapotembea katika imani na kukamilisha, adui anakuwaga nyuma yako ili apandikize mbegu ya mashaka na hofu katika kufanya kazi ya Bwana. Baada ya kumsikiliza rafiki wangu wa Ki-Kristo, mi I nilimwambia, huyo ni yule adui na inatupasa kufanya kile Bwana anacho tuambia, na kuwa Yeye atatulinda katika hali yeyote ile, na pale ndipo imani inapotakiwa kufanya kazi yake.

Nadhani yeye hajawahi kupata uzoefu wa aina hiyo ya utii ambayo inakufanya upatwe na madhara katika mwili, katika utii wa jambo fulani, jambo ambalo hasa unalifanya kwa ajili ya Bwana. Ni jambo jingine wakti Bwana anapokuweka katika mstari wa mbele wa mashambulizi wa maeneo ambayo wewe hujawahi kuyapitia kabla ya hapo. Kwa maana hili ni jambo ambalo wewe mwenyewe analifanya kwa uhakika. Haya siyo maneno ambayo yanasikika kirahisi ambayo yanasomwa katika Biblia, matendo ambayo mtu mwingine aliwahi kuyafanya.

Wewe fanyakazi yako, na ungojee kurudiwa katika mwili au katika roho, lakini kwa hali yeyote ile utapata shambulio, kwani hiyo ndiyo maana inaitwa vita vya kiroho. Yote yale ninayoweza kuwaambia ndugu zangu wengine katika Kristo ni kuwa waktika utakapopitishwa kwenye majaribu hayo na kushinda au ukashindwa, Sifa zote, Heshima, na Utukufu zimwendee Yesu Kristo, Baba, na Roho Mtakatifu. Sisi inatubidi tukasimame imara katika katika Ulinzi wake na kwenye Neno Lake, “BILA KUJALI LITATOKEA NINI.”