SET APART
By Hon.Chepkonga
May I, at the outset, take this early opportunity to express our deepest gratitude and sincere appreciation to you all for joining us to celebrate and thank God for our 20th National Prayer Breakfast. As a nation, it is yet another time to affirm our faith and trust in God by praying together and expressing our common bond of unity and solidarity in seeking Him as God of good and challenging times.
In 2013, when I first got elected into Parliament, I wondered whether I was going to find Christian politicians in the House given the known anecdotal statements that one can never be a believer and at the same time be a politician.
To my surprise, I met Hon Clement Wambugu, the then co-chair of the Bunge Fellowship who invited me to Bunge fellowship sessions that took place at 7 am every Wednesday at the Continental House. I was skeptical at first on what I was to expect at a politicians’ only fellowship.
However, when I attended my first Bunge Fellowship, I was amazed to find the Members singing in unison in praise of Jesus while sharing the Gospel, a scene that mirrored Apostle Paul’s words “as people set apart for the gospel of God” (Romans 1:1). This was a transformational encounter. Here was a set of honorable members out to make a positive impact in society through prayer for the nation and its leaders. I have since made it my habit and custom to attend the Wednesday morning Fellowship the same way Jesus made it a custom to go to the synagogue every Sabbath (Luke 4:16). Our meetings and prayers have made us commit to checking in with God in our daily living.
As a fellowship, through prayer and the Holy Spirit’s guidance, we have dedicated this year’s National Prayer Breakfast to the theme of “Reconciliation”. The Apostle Paul while writing to the Romans said, “all this is from God who through Christ reconciled us to Himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation . .entrusting to us the message of reconciliation”. (2 Corinthians 5:18-20). For many of us, reconciliation can seem extraordinarily complicated considering how easily it can be politicized. In my opinion, that should not be so because it is simply a matter of faithful stewardship -knowing what to do and doing it. We need to put hope into action by taking responsibility to care for one another. In the context of Paul’s exhortation, we ought to “be reconciled”.
