CROSSROAD – CHAPTER ELEVEN

CHAPTER 11 –
© MOMOH GIFT

Yes daddy! He said it three times and instructed me to tell you.

Daddy are you planning any evil against someone’s son? Daddy! Are you an evil man?

What! Oh! Keep shut! No my dear son! Daddy is not an evil man.

It’s not true at all and never you asked such a question again? am I understood?

Alright daddy! Please don’t be an evil man because according to what my teacher told me in our school fellowship, all evil people shall perish someday and would spend their eternity in hell.

She said we should never think of doing evil to any man because God hates evil.

She also said hell fire is very real. It is very hot more than the fire mummy is using in the kitchen to cook for us.

And all those who have been doing evil here on earth to other people would be thrown in that hot fire when they die.

Daddy! Please I don’t want you to be thrown into the hot fire.

Rather I want all of us here to go to that beautiful mansion that had been prepared for us in heaven.

My teacher said that heaven is a beautiful place to live in. The streets are made of gold and there is no night or day. I really don’t want any of us to miss that beautiful place daddy.

Enough young man! I have heard all you said. I need to be alone right now so that I can rest because I’m really tired.

You can join your mummy in the kitchen and help her do somethings. I will call you later.
Okay daddy.

What is my son saying? Who told him all these? So Ade has gone to the extent of appearing in my son’s dream and asking him to warn me right? What a foolish man. So he thinks I can be afraid by such foolishness and mere threat? Oh! I’ve always thought Mr. Ade is a man of wisdom but he just proved me wrong with such act of foolishness. How can he just do such childish things? I believe he has come to realize that I am stronger and more powerful than him and that is why he couldn’t come straight to me to warn me. What nonsense! I am not backing out for any foolish threat right now.

“All evil people shall perish someday and would spend their eternity in hell” my son’s voice re-echoed again in my mind causing me to tremble in fear. What if his God is the one warning me through my son? No! That can’t be. I don’t think it is the same God of the Christians I knew back then who seems to be too slow in taking actions and doing whatever I asked Him to do. He can’t be the same one coming to defend that young man. Oh no! I don’t think so.

One of the reasons I had stopped my deep relationship with God for so many years and started living life as I please is the fact that God does not always like doing what I asked him to do immediately.

I do want him to always give immediate response to me.

Rather, He would always wait for His own special time which is always very late for me. Imagine!

If I had waited for God to make me wealthy all those years, I knew he wouldn’t have answered me. Unlike the power a friend of mine introduced to me few years back that does everything I asked at that same moment without any delay.

Though it may have a little problem later on but that doesn’t stop it from working at that immediate point.

So I just can’t waste my time waiting on a God who will always wait for His own time before He can bless His children.

I needed to do something more faster and I’m glad I did. But if He is the one trying to defend Mr. Ade, then it means I was wrong all these while.

Well! I don’t think so. Mr. Ade is just trying to scare me but it won’t work.

Why am I even having all these thoughts when I should be executing my plans right now?

Nothing and nobody can stop me from carrying out my plans.

I don’t care what it takes. I will do anything to destroy that young man.
Are you ready for the consequences ahead?”

I heard a very loud voice which sounds strange to me. I thought it was my wife but that isn’t her voice. Maybe she was the one.

Ah! Ah! How does she know what I’m thinking about despite the fact that she is in the kitchen?

Honey! Why did you say that? Were you actually referring to me? You just spoke to me right?

Me? No! I never said anything to you dear. I am just busy with what I was doing in the kitchen.

I’m surprised that you are asking me such question. Is everything okay? You look scared. Please tell me if anything is wrong with you.

Don’t worry my dear. Nothing is wrong with me. I am just tired. I need to go and rest inside right now. You can call me when you are done in the kitchen.

I am just exhausted right now. In fact! Don’t wake me up. I will eat anytime I wake up. I dont need any disturbance at all.
Alright my dear. I will call you once I’m done with what I am doing right now if you have not fallen asleep already but if you have, then that would be tomorrow.

Thank you my dear.

Hmmm! Whose voice was that? I am very sure I heard that voice clearly.

But it wasn’t my wife then whose voice was it? Oh! I hope nothing is wrong with me right now? Anyway! Maybe it’s just my own imagination.

I won’t allow fear to overwhelm me at all. I must do it. All I need is just to rest and then continue with my plans later in the mid-night when I won’t be disturbed at all.

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Ah! That boss just want to put me in deep trouble. Imagine him asking me to go and involve myself in diabolical stuff to attack Ade when I know the God Ade is serving.

I have seen how God had defended him numerous times against all those who plotted evil against him.

God can even go to the length of destroying anyone who tampers with Ade if such person refuses to repent.

No! I don’t want to die yet. I really want to be alive and enjoy all the wealth I will have from madam Carthy and not just go to destroy myself.

But why is it that God loves Ade so much even more than I can imagine.

What has he really done to deserve that joy? is it because of the way he obeys and does everything he was asked to do by God? Or is it because he is so much involved in the things of God? Well! If that’s the case, then good luck to him.

I really can’t imagine or feel it’s possible to just obey every of God’s instructions.

They are impossible to me. How will my life look like if I don’t involve myself in all these things I am doing? Atleast everyone is doing it except Ade who is claiming to be Jesus of our generation.

I Know that God understands. He knows that I need to do all these in order to survive and to be ahead of others.

As for that Ade, I know he would soon be tired of all these nonsense he is doing and still run to me for help once he sees me and others swimming in wealth.

I also believe that he would come back to his right senses after all, the HOD also said he was once a fire brother but had to turn away when things were not working out his own way.

Though I don’t know if he is saying the truth or not.

Well! I really admire how Ade is being loved and respected but I just can’t imagine myself doing all those foolish things anymore.

Like leaving everything I desire to do and doing everything God wants me to do. Hmmm! Let him continue with his own life while I mind my own business.

I won’t allow myself to enter into any problem all because I want to help someone to have some sense.

If he likes he can continue with his foolishness and keep on waiting on God to bless him.

I believe that I will be far greater before he is remembered by God.

Still I have to be very careful with this HOD before he kills me as well and take all the money I had labored so hard to get.

I really need to apply wisdom in whatever I do so I won’t be his victim as well.

I just hope he would be able to destroy Ade so that I will have my own lucky chances in the company rather than Ade getting all of them.

Oh! I really need to sleep right now so that I wont be late for work tomorrow.

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Johnson! Johnson! Johnson! Why are you trying to begin what you cannot finish? Why are you trying to touch my own anointed after so many warnings that have been given to you? Why can’t you open your eyes wide to see who you are really dealing with? Can’t you see that the one whom you are after is no other but me? Why are you planning evil against me?

Who are you and what are you talking about? As far as I am concerned, I don’t know you and I am not planning any evil against you.

I am only going to deal with that little boy who thinks he can mess up with me and still go unpunished.

I am a man that no one messes with yet go freely. He had the guts to challenge my authority.

He disobeyed all my instructions and embarrassed me so much. Oh! He must pay for what he has done.

Are you ready for the battle you are about going into? I know you don’t really know who you are speaking with because I haven’t opened your eyes to see me yet but I want you to know that the man whom you want to destroy his life has no life of his own anymore.

What do you mean by that strange man? I just saw that same man few moments ago and he is still looking very healthy or are you trying to tell me that he is dead already? Wow! That would even reduce my stress.

If he dies, then it would be more preferable for me because I won’t go through so much stress anymore. But who are you? How come you called me by this name which no one knows about?

I am who I am. The life which you seek is no more but has been exchanged with mine.

That young man has no life of his own anymore but has exchanged his life with mine.

Therefore he has my life dwelling inside of him. So if you want to contend with him then be ready to contend with me.

I am a Father that never jokes with his children. I can go to any extent to defend my children. I am the great SHEPHERD.

What! The great SHEPHERD! The great SHEPHERD! The great SHEPHERD!

Honey! Honey! Wake up! Why are you screaming from your sleep? It’s morning already and you should be preparing for work right now so that you won’t be late.

The great SHEPHERD! Did you see him dear? He said he is the great SHEPHERD. He was here in this room. He was speaking to Me. He sat on that chair.

Who are you talking about my dear? No one was in this room with you. We slept together on this bed last night and it’s morning already.

Nobody entered this room and I don’t know what you are talking about. I believe you had a strange dream.

Never mind! You are fine. It’s just a mere dream and nothing much.

Please you need to hurry up and get out of bed. Your breakfast is ready. I shall be waiting for you downstairs.

Alright dear! Thanks a lot. I shall be with you in few minutes.
Please don’t be long.

Hmmm! Who was that strange old man talking to me some moments ago? Was that a mere dream? I had never had a dream as real as this in my entire life.

That old man was speaking about Ade. Was that Ade’s grandfather from the village? Why was he saying all of those words to me? He said he never jokes with any of his children.

That means he is warning me against doing any evil to that young man. Oh! I have so many questions to ask. Who is that young man?

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Good morning Mr. Ade. The H.O.D wants to see you in his office Immediately. He said it’s urgent.

Alright thanks a lot. I shall be there in a moment.

Oh! Precious Holy Spirit. I don’t know what offence I had committed again for the H.O.D to seek me very early this morning. Please help me Father.

Go my son! For my presence will be with you. For it is time that my prodigal son comes back to his father whom he had left for so long because of material things. I will use you as a vessel to make my glory known to him.

I heard the voice of the Holy Spirit speaking to me quietly in my spirit.

I knew immediately that the Holy Spirit is set to do something wonderful and I am very anxious to know already. So I left my office and walked straight to the office of the H.O.D with full confidence.

All my fears, worries and doubts had all vanished away. I am so eager to know what my daddy is about to do again.

Immediately I got to the door of his office, I was very shocked to see the door wide open which has never happened before and I could see my boss walking about restlessly in his office looking very confused.

As he set his eyes on me, he spoke quietly more like a whisper.

Who are you Mr. Ade?

To be continued