It’s often said that “a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step”. The thinking behind this saying is clearly communicated in the statement itself. Very recently though, I have discovered that any journey, to any destination, whether figurative, mental, spiritual or physical begins with a thought, it’s like a seed. Within it a seed has the potential to birth an entire forest, but if it abides alone that seed will be nothing but a seed. “Unless a seed falls into the ground and dies it abides alone” Jesus said.
All dreams are birthed from seeds of thoughts, but many a dream suffocates indefinitely under the weight of fear. I was yoked under such a fear till The Voice of Faith sparked a flame in my heart to pursue a dream that most people still believe to be impossible. Fear said “you do not have a cent to your name, how dare you dream of touching the nations?” but Faith replied “I am the currency of dreams and the life force of possibilities, go for it my boy” and I did.
Ten months later here I stand on the verge of releasing what some have dubbed as South Africa’s first ever fully fledged Gospel Spoken Word album. These are my humble beginnings, and this is my story of how God did it for me..
True to his God given vision of “Going where no poet has gone before, all in the name of Yeshua” Motswitla Hlakotsa AKA Tswi, continues to present praise and worship in a poetic form never before experienced in mainstream Christianity.
This ministry is premised upon Philippians 2: 9-10: “Wherefore also God highly exalted him, and gave unto him the name which is above every name; that in the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven and things on earth and things under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.”
In the brief year that Tswi has been ministering, he has shared the platform with the likes of: Enhanced, 50 Fifty Family, Rebourn ,Dylan Smith, Remixed, Spin the Flava, Sir J Afrique, Sonic Remnant, C jay, Luwe, Gregory Cassim, Dominion, Ernie Smith, Marlon Van, The Plain truth band and The Arrows. He has also ministered alongside international acts Ken Reynolds (opening act for the One World one God tour), and a 3 city tour with Grammy nominated gospel rap artist Emanuel Lambert AKA Da Truth during the Big Picture African tour.
Tswi has also ministered in the presence of: Dr. Fred Roberts (DCC Founder), Dr. Kenneth Meshoe (ACDP Founder and President), and Dr. Zweli Mkhize (KZN Premier), Princess Rika of Hungary, Angus Buchan and Dr. Charles Ndifon but his most important audience and the center of his focus remains Jesus Christ alone.
Tswi has recently completed the recording of his first and highly anticipated Album titled Pure Jesus Poetry, due to be released on 01-10-11.
Tswi is also the founder of Kingdom Arts, a ministry dedicated to discovering, promoting, mentoring and exposing artists particularly in the discipline of poetry. The aim is to take the Gospel, through poetry into the mainstream avenues within the art world as a whole and not just within the church. The emphasis of this ministry is “Excellence for HIS Excellency”
With all this accomplished in just a little over a year of ministry the future is indeed bright for this young man in that it is illuminated by the bright and Morning Star, the Prince of Light Bright seated on the right hand side of the Father.
-Kingdom Arts
