A colleague planning to launch his radio station lost equipment and part of the building worth millions of naira last week in a fire incident.<\/p>\n
When I called to sympathise with him, he was more upbeat about the incident than I expected.<\/p>\n
How much damage did the fire do to the station I asked as I was not sure at the time I called him.<\/p>\n
“It’s a lot if we want to give Satan the credit, but we thank God that no life was lost and our technical staff managed to get us back on air hours later.<\/p>\n
“Our announcer on duty managed to get out of the studio before the roof collapsed. We just thank God for everything. We thank God he took control of the situation,” the station owner said.<\/p>\n
How we respond to situations like the above matters. We can choose to be overwhelmed by what happened and give credit to Satan for having his way or thank God as he commanded us in all things.<\/p>\n
It’s okay to be emotional when we experience unpleasant situations and possibly lament, but we should not completely lose faith and wonder where is God when it hurts.<\/p>\n
When things go wrong in our work as journalists, we should not throw up our hand in surrender to Satan the thief whose main goal is to steal our joy, kill our ambitions and destroy our faith in the almighty God. (John 10:10)<\/p>\n
The God we serve will surely restore sevenfold (Proverb 6:31) and the years lost or stolen (Joel 2:25).<\/p>\n