IT IS DANGEROUS FOR AN ENTIRE LEGACY TO BE IN ONE PLACE.

UNITED WE STAND. TOGETHER WE FALL.

Let me explain. The church keeps falling apart these days because leaders do not manage the fact that togetherness does not always translate to unity.

A man needs to stand with his legs apart to have stability. When the legs are joined together, he can easily be pushed down.

A tree cannot be easily uprooted because its roots spread apart beneath the ground, even though it appears as one tree on the surface.

It is said, "Broomsticks tied together cannot be broken," but the goal is not to be unbroken. A broom cannot stand upright on its tips until you tie the head and twist it to spread out the sticks.

The enemy is not simply trying to break us. The strategy now is to push us down to lie dormant in irrelevance. To take away our kinetic energy. 

TOGETHER WE FALL...

"United" and "Together" must meet as brothers, but they must never cohabit. That’s why, after Pentecost, God sent persecution to scatter the disciples from the Upper Room. 

When people refuse to spread out after the anointing comes, the space for manifestation becomes too small. Once they have finished the enemies in their immediate environment, the environment will become the enemy. 

It is Dangerous for an entire legacy to be in one place. 

What if we are surrounded and attacked? Someone needs to be elsewhere to gather help. If anything is happening in any part of Yaounde today, Hilltop members have at least three alternative branches to worship and fellowship. If Yaounde is bad, we go to Douala, or to Buea, or Bamenda. If Cameroon is on fire, Hilltop will continue exalting the Name of the Lord in Johannesburg. It is dangerous for a ministry to train leaders and remain just one root. 

Again, what if in that confinement you are surrounded and attacked? Together in one place, cultural and personality differences become amplified, turning small disagreements into great divides. 

The weak will contaminate the atmosphere with fear.

The courageous will rebuke them.

The understanding will rise to defend the weak.

The intelligent will be too distracted by the noise to think clearly.

The spiritual will struggle with faith in the chaos.

And finally, the coward—overwhelmed by confusion—will open the door and surrender to the enemy.

At that point, the enemy no longer needs to fight you. He just watches with popcorn as you self-destruct.

That’s why God, in His wisdom, allows seasons of scattering—not to destroy us, but to establish us. The church was never meant to be confined to one room, one city, or one mindset. The fire of Pentecost was meant to explode, not to implode.

We must be one in vision, but spread out in function. United in purpose, but operating in diverse territories.

This is how we truly stand.

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