My daughter Lauren is on a three month mission
trip in Tanzania, Africa. Just north of her, are the Massai people, who have
their own Christian creed.
Most of you know that my youngest daughter Lauren is on a three month mission
trip in Tanzania, Africa. She is working in a mountain town called Tabora, where
she is leading a summer school program for orphaned children, whose parents have
died from HIV/AIDS.
1 Corinthians 1:27 But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the
wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.
Tanzania is mainly an Islamic country, but north of where Lauren is, the
beautiful and noble Masai people live. Some of them are Christians and have a
very sincere faith. About fifty years ago, they wrote a wonderful creed that
just captivates everything about their Christian beliefs. They are largely poor
people, but they are rich when it comes to faith. I’ve written out their creed
in this message and I am certain it will touch your heart, just as it did mine.
The Masai Creed
We believe in the one High God, who out of love created the beautiful world and
everything good in it. He created Man and wanted Man to be happy in the world.
God loves the world and every nation and tribe on the Earth. We have known this
High God in darkness, and now we know Him in the light. God promised in the book
of His word, the Bible, that He would save the world and all the nations and
tribes.
We believe that God made good His promise by sending His Son, Jesus Christ, a
man in the flesh, a Jew by tribe, born poor in a little village, who left His
home and was always on safari doing good, curing people by the power of God,
teaching about God and man, showing the meaning of religion is love. He was
rejected by his people, tortured and nailed hands and feet to a cross, and died.
He lay buried in the grave, but the hyenas did not touch him, and on the third
day, He rose from the grave. He ascended to the skies. He is the Lord.
We believe that all our sins are forgiven through Him. All who have faith in Him
must be sorry for their sins, be baptized in the Holy Spirit of God, live the
rules of love and share the bread together in love, to announce the Good News to
others until Jesus comes again. We are waiting for Him. He is alive. He lives.
This we believe. Amen.
Prayer: Lord God, we tend to think that our Western faith is strong and powerful
throughout the world. You are teaching us, however, that the least amongst us
and the weakest economically have a far greater hold of faith than we do. Help
us to learn from the wisdom that You bestow upon Christian peoples of other
nations. Open our hearts and minds to their simple, true, and devoted faith. In
Christ’s Name, we pray. Amen.
John Stuart TRAQAIR@aol.com
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