News: “Hard times may test me, they cannot destroy me”- TB Joshua + Zuma vows to assist families of South Africans killed

Spiritual leader of the Synagogue Church of all Nations, SCOAN, Prophet Temitope Joshua has broken his silence on the recent disaster at the church’s guest house in Lagos, which left several members dead and various others injured.

The cleric who said he was still in shock over the incident, however, disclosed that he would surely overcome these trying moments.

Reacting to the incident though a Facebook post, the Prophet, as he is fondly called said he would not be “destroyed” by the incident.

“Hard times may test me, they cannot destroy me”, TB Joshua said, adding, “To withstand hard times, stand with Christ. When you face trials, hard times, you can count it all joy if you add faith”.

Using Biblical allusion to portray his message, TB Joshua stated that God sometimes makes use of hard times to “draw us to Himself”, noting that God visits His people with hard times because they often become “proud and stupid with wealth and pleasure”.

He added, “It is through hard times that you gain the necessary experience and maturity to handle whatever responsibility given you.

“We are most likely to go astray from God and forget Him when things are easy with us in the world because we often become proud and stupid with wealth and pleasure.

“God visits His people with hard times that they may learn His way. His ways, though hard to the ungodly men, are desirable and profitable because they lead us to safety unto eternal life. God allowed the enemy to overcome Israel so that they may learn the difference between serving God and serving the devil.

“If not for our hard times, we would not have sought the face of God. I mean, if not because of hard times, man by his wicked nature, would not have sought the face of God.

“This means, God sometimes uses hard times to draw us to Him so that we can take our proper position and possession in Him”.

South African President, Jacob Zuma yesterday vowed that his government would do everything it can to assist the families of the 67 South Africans believed to have died from last week’s collapsed building at the Synagogue of All Nations in Lagos, Nigeria.

Responding to the allegation that South African government’s response to the tragedy was tardy and inadequate, Zuma said he had appointed a ministerial task force to support families and do all that is necessary to manage the impact of the tragedy.

South Africa is said to have flown an advance team of 10 disaster management personnel, including doctors, to Lagos on Wednesday, when hopes of finding remaining survivors had dimmed.