The Desire of All Nations
By Dr. David White
“I tell you I see a vision. I see a mighty move of the Holy Ghost in Uganda. A mighty move of the Holy Spirit will begin in Uganda in 2022. Exactly 3 years from today. A mighty, mighty Holy Ghost revival, restoration will come to the nation of Uganda.”
Prophecy given publicly by Benny Hinn in Uganda in 2019.
Three years before what you are about to read began.
“And I will shake all nations, and they shall come to the Desire of All Nations, and I will fill this temple with glory, says the Lord of hosts” Haggai 2:7.
In Psalm chapter two the question is asked, “Why do the nations rage, and the people plot a vain thing”? The Psalm continues describing how, “the kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord and against His Anointed”.
To be in a rage refers to being restless, confused, in tumult and in the middle of what could be defined as a rebellious conspiracy that could result in civil war. Yet it’s in this context and among circumstances that would cause such targeted rage where the Lord instructs His people to, “Ask of Me, and I will give You the nations for Your inheritance, and the ends of the earth for Your possession”. (PS 2:8)
From the age of 8 to 20 Annie lived in the streets of Mabarara, Uganda. Most of what she ate she dug out from the garbage dumped along the roads. Every night when possible, she would curl up and fall asleep under a Mango tree.
Throughout her childhood and teenage years Annie was used, abused feeling abandoned and hopeless. After hearing stories of what her parents suffered, she couldn’t allow herself to believe God even existed. Then at 20 years of age a Christian couple took her into their home, loved her and led her to Jesus.
Years before, Annie’s Christian-parents were arrested and imprisoned for praying and worshipping in their home during the reign of terror carried out by General Idi Amin, who became known as the “Butcher of Uganda”.
Amin was a ruthless dictator who came into power by overthrowing the existing government of Uganda subsequently murdering hundreds of thousands of his own people. Many of them, were Christians.
Annie’s parents were often beaten during their time in prison, but instead of cursing they prayed for their captors. Miraculously, the guards released Annie’s mom and dad after coming under conviction of their own sins and through the influence of the parents ask Jesus to save them!
Upon arriving home Annie’s pregnant mother was taken to the hospital where she gave birth to Annie. However, during the delivery, she died from high blood pressure no doubt caused by the trauma from the beatings she received in prison.
Years later, Annie heard the Lord tell her to go to the streets to preach Jesus to the children who lived where she had grown up. She immediately and passionately obeyed the Lord until the COVID lockdowns of 2021 that shut everything down throughout the nation. Wanting to see his wife fulfill her God-given mission, Annie’s husband offered to pay for radio time so she could still preach to the poor and lost over the radio. Yet soon, due to the lockdowns, Annie’s husband lost his job. The radio outreach, as was the case with the street ministry, were both shut down.
Annie had somehow become acquainted with the online ministry of the Gathering Church in Moravian Falls, NC. While watching, Annie heard the Lord instruct her to ask me, the pastor, to take her radio spot and she would interpret to fulfill what God had called her to do. After receiving the invitation and without knowing anything about Annie, I felt led to pay the required fee for the hour and preach on the radio. But only once!
That’s been over 4 years ago and after multitudes of Ugandans have called in to Grace Radio 92.6 FM to give their lives to Jesus. In addition to the calls, large online (over zoom), discipleship crusades and pastor’s conferences have been held in different regions of Uganda and the bordering nations of Rwanda, Tanzania, Congo and reaching into South Sudan. To date, over 510,000 people have reportedly chosen to follow Jesus that we are aware of. It’s as if the Lord used the captivity of COVID to captivate a nation with a freedom they would never lose again.
In addition to the harvest of souls, many have confirmed being healed of various diseases and delivered from demonic oppressions by the power of God.
From a 10-year-old boy blind from birth laying his hands on the radio receiving his sight, to a man in his mid-twenties who had been bound under witchcraft and could not walk or talk being completely set free, testimonies poured in of how God is transforming a nation. A testimony came from along the border of Tanzania of 55 witch doctors who listened to the radio crusade and gave their lives to Jesus. Then there was the report of 60 Muslim families who chose to follow Jesus after hearing the testimony of how God saved a former Muslim.
One young Muslim boy listened to Grace radio and after receiving Jesus was commanded to leave his home. Not long after the parents listened in and gave their lives to Jesus. They called their son and asked him to come home. Upon arriving they all bowed in their home and pledged to follow Jesus. From college campuses to prisons and hospitals, many have responded to the convicting power of the gospel.
The first discipleship gathering drew over 1000 people. Many who had been saved from praying from the radio ministry. From the very beginning of the meeting, the internet connection was going in and out and at times went completely out. After the meeting I felt as if that could not have accomplished anything. I remember saying how this venture had to have been a dud. I felt sorry I had wasted the Lord’s money. Yet, when the reports came in, the Holy Spirit had fallen upon those gathered proving this move of God was not about any individual, but the fulfillment of what had been prophesied and God had planned.
During the years of Idi Amin, the believers would often escape into the mountains to pray and worship in secret. They believed God spoke to them how He would raise up a president who would allow the gospel to be freely preached again. God did exactly that and now a mighty move of the Spirit is sweeping across Uganda and through an internet television ministry into much of Africa. Mostly from an I-Pad on a back porch in North Carolina.
In the Old Testament Haggai prophesied of what every individual in every nation is ultimately looking for. Jesus is the Desire of All Nations and He is now drawing men and women of all ages to Himself and to salvation. Nothing, not even the rage and vain plotting of men can stop what God is doing in the hour at hand.
Dr. David White
Dr. David White and wife Shirley founded Global Harvest College of Theology. David is a graduate of CMM College of Theology and has led over 510,000 to accept Jesus Christ in the last four years in Uganda and African nations.