MORNING DEVOTION @ ACAC 2025 CONFERENCE WITH BROTHER EMMANUEL ESSIEN

The message begins with an urgent call — “Send the Light!” — echoing the Macedonian plea for help and reminding believers that the gospel is a responsibility laid in their hands. Through the powerful imagery of the hymn and the speaker’s personal journey from childhood to ministry, the lesson highlights the sacred legacy of preaching passed from one generation to the next. The speaker recounts how his father, a missionary to Cameroon, planted churches with sacrifice, endurance, and unwavering faith. Though he once dreamed of studying law, he felt the unmistakable pull of God’s purpose and surrendered to the call of ministry. This story becomes an emotional reminder that the gospel light was handed down through sweat, tears, and obedience — and now must be carried forward with the same devotion.

In a striking comparison to the parable of the Good Samaritan, the speaker challenges believers not to walk past the spiritually wounded nations lying by the roadside — Morocco, Algeria, Mauritius, Mauritania, and many others. Just like the Samaritan who suspended his journey and poured out his resources to save a dying man, Christians today must rise above excuses, fear, and indifference. The lesson insists that mission work demands action, sacrifice, and commitment. Just as Jacob rebuked his sons for standing idle during famine, the church is urged to stop “looking at one another” and start reaching the world. The call is clear: rise, respond, and commit— for only then can Africa, and ultimately the world, be won for Christ.