CHAPTER 27 –
© MOMOH GIFT
Who are all these people shouting? The wailing is too much for me to bear.
Why are those sets of people all moving to that direction despite the cries of the people over there.
Why are they not just too wise to understand that the place they are going to is a very dangerous one?
The shout of those people is getting unbearable now.
I can’t bear it anymore. I need to go and check what is going on in that place.
Ayo! Ayo! Why? Why didn’t you force me when I was with you? Why did you allow me to end up in this terrible place? I knew you spoke to me back then in campus but I was too carried away.
I wanted to enjoy my life not knowing that my life was never mine at the first place.
The owner of my life requested for it even without my permission which I thought would be the normal procedure and now I have found myself here where I will spend the entire years of my existence.
Oh! Had I known, I would have listened to you then Ayo. Please save me.
What! Someone even knows my name here.
But I really can’t cross over to that place to know who that person is.
That place is unbearable as all of them are wailing and crying bitterly.
This big bridge is not giving me the opportunity to move further from here.
Though I really don’t want to experience such pains. But who is that person calling my name?
It’s me Ajayi.
Your roommate back in campus.
The one who had an accident and died while traveling for holiday.
I am the one Ayo.
Please save me from the place.
This place is very terrible.
I can’t bear it anymore. I promise to listen to whatever you will say to me once I leave this place.
Oh! I wish I had listened to all your sermons those days.
Please forgive me and I will listen to you this time around.
I never knew that it was a very serious matter until I landed here. Please save me.
What! Ajayi! I can’t believe this.
Ah! Is this really where you end your own life? Oh! This is very bad.
I really want to help you but I can’t cross this bridge to that side.
The boundary between us is too large for me to crossover. I am so sorry my friend.
I quickly moved as fast as my legs could carry me because I was already feeling the hotness where I stood and I was so scared not to be thrown to that place as well.
Oh! So this is where my late roommate ended up his life? Though I spoke to him just once about Christ but he never listened to me.
I decided to keep quiet and allow him to do whatever he likes with his life not even minding to pray for his soul.
We lived like complete strangers in that room even though I was burning for Christ then.
Oh! How I wished I prayed for his soul and kept on talking to him about Christ.
As I was walking on the other road, I saw so many people who were just walking very fast to the same place I was complaining about.
They never seemed to listen to the shouts and cries coming from that place.
Oh! I really don’t want this people to go to that place. It’s not a good place for anyone to stay.
As I complained within me, I noticed something very strange.
I saw a complete replica of me standing by the side of that same road where those people were passing.
How come I am also standing in that place as well? Why am I just looking at them that way? What is happening to me? I screamed out but surprisingly, no one even cared to stop in order to ask me what the problem was. Everyone was just busy moving to that terrible place. Ah! What is happening?
That is who you are Ayo. I heard a voice speaking very calmly to me.
Me? I really don’t understand.
You are meant to stop these multitude of people from going to that terrible place just as you had done from the beginning which was why you are standing on that road but you allowed the pleasures of the world to take you away which made you to stop functioning.
Though you are still standing there but they don’t even care because you are just lifeless.
So many have ended in that place because you decided to turn away.
Ah! Please have mercy on me Lord.
I am sorry for neglecting my duty post because of the pleasures of the world.
I am sorry for disappointing you Jesus. I pleaded heartily because I really can’t bear to see the numbers of people trooping down to that terrible place anymore because of my negligence.
I am very sorry father. Please don’t replace me. I plead that you restore me back to my position again. Have mercy on me Almighty God.
Though you left my presence but I never stopped loving you Ayo.
You are precious to me and I don’t want you to be destroyed because you have a great assignment to fulfil in my kingdom.
I brought you here myself to show you all these so you can understand the gravity of what you have done.
Go back and resume your position again.
Preach the gospel to lost souls.
Talk to them about my love for them.
Tell them the consequences of their sins if they refuse to obey me. Go and be a light to the nations of the world.
Oh! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you Father!
Bro Ayo! Please come! The doctor wants to see you in his office.
He is waiting for you.
I quickly jumped up and realized that I have been dreaming in this kind of situation
Alright I’m coming.
Hmmm! So it was all a dream? Ah! That was very real. Lord thank you for giving me another chance. I am really grateful for your mercy Almighty God.
*. *. *Surprise! Surprise! Good day bro Ade.
Wow! This is indeed a huge surprise. Good day to you bro Vincent. I’m glad to have you in my house. Please come inside.
Thank you so much bro Ade. You have a nice apartment here. It’s very beautiful.
Thanks a lot. I really appreciate. I never knew you were coming to my place.
Oh! You are welcome bro Vincent. So honored to have you in my house today. I’m truly blessed today.
Glory to God. Really sorry for taking you unaware.
I know that I should have informed you before coming but the reason why I came is very urgent so I just decided to get your address from the pastor as your number wasn’t going through and since I was told it wasn’t too far from the church. I’m really sorry about that bro Ade.
Oh! No problem at all bro Vincent. I’m so happy to have you here. Thanks for coming. It’s indeed a blessing to host such a great man of God in my home. I’m really honored.
Bless you my brother.
I came because of what the pastor discussed with me few days which I supposed to have related to you that same day but was praying about it in order to know the mind of God about the issue.
I believe that the pastor has briefed you already in his office just as he rightly told me but I really have to come down here to ensure you really get the whole idea.
I’m really grateful to God for your life each time I see how zealous and diligent you are in your service to God and also how you labor in grooming those youths as well.
Indeed! You are doing a very great job and I pray that the good Lord will reward you abundantly.
Amen! In Jesus name.
The pastor said that a program would be coming up next week in church and he really wants me to minister.
I believe so much in partnership and that is one of the reasons why I am here.
The truth is that I can’t handle that program all alone.
I need us to put heads together in order to bring revival to this church and the whole of the state.
I was told a lot of stories of how so many influential people have left the church already all because they couldn’t receive the best sermon and miracles they actually wanted.
So I really want both of us to handle this program in a way that all of them will hear of our great works and come back.
Also the politician can join us as well.
In less than a month, I believe that this church would be back to it’s normal and even more population.
We would organize so many programs and in no time, we would be well known in the state.
Well known? I really don’t understand you bro Vincent.
Stop behaving as if you really don’t understand what I’m saying now.
This thing is not new bro Ade.
A lot of people are doing it out there.
It is not even a sin because we are using every means we can to bring people to the house of God.
It is not a sin to use whatever you have to get what you want.
It is a form of evangelism.
It ensures that every influential person is being preserved in the church by treating such people the way they want.
Hmmmm! So what about the souls to the kingdom of God sir? What are we going to do about them? Are we just going to be more concerned about increasing the population of the church rather than the population of the kingdom of God? Aren’t we going to teach them about holiness and the best way to live their lives according to the word of God?
Wow! That’s absolutely true bro Ade.
I agree with you totally but the truth is that we need to act like them so that we can win them over to our side.
It doesn’t mean that we would change to their own way of life.
We just need the atmosphere to be very conducive for them at all times and not always emphasizing on holiness and rapture all the time.
We should also teach them the dynamics of power which I have by the grace of God inside of me.
They really need to see the great manifestation of the power of God in our lives.
Can’t you see that just within that few week which I preached on the altar of this church, a lot of people have given their lives to God.
So we need to operate in diverse kind of powers.
I want men to truly see that we are truly great and powerful.
These powers are really very easy to get because you don’t need to fast for forty days anymore to receive the power of God.
Hmmm! I understand you totally bro Vincent.
I understand the fact that the people really need to see the real manifestation of God in our lives which is one of the things the Lord desires for His children to possess but beyond the power and others, the Lord wants us to tell others about Him.
Make them aware about the consequences of their sinful act and also teach them about the love of God.
Na wa oh! What will I do to be able to convince this guy? He is just too difficult to convince easily.
What sort of wisdom is this? He is very much at alert at everything I say or do.
I really don’t think this particular method I’m using will work out.
I should have planned for a better method.
What should I do now? I really don’t have enough time anymore. I need to get this guy at all cost.
Bro Vincent! Please are you with me?
Sure! I am with you bro Ade.
I know we need to teach them about all those things but can’t you see that right from the time you have been teaching there hasn’t been any great or positive change in the population of members in church?
Well! I want you to understand that Ministry can serve as a platform which we can use to boost our own stays as well.
We shall have great honors from people in which we would not have met naturally in our normal level.
Even though God is the one that do announce men, we really need to help ourselves too since we have limited time here on earth.
I know you need time to think about everything we have discussed and please consider what I said so that we can move together.
I will get back my feedback from you before the week runs out. Have a great day Mr. Ade.
Alright no problem sir. I will give you a feedback before the week runs out.
Good bye Mr. Ade.
Bye sir.
I really don’t understand all these anymore.
Even the bro Vincent I thought would be very different is also part of all these people saying these things from their mouth which they know is really not correct.
I also can’t explain why I am not really free with this brother.
I really can’t feel the flow between both of us. Anyway, I will have to make that prayer.
* *Hmmm! I think if I want to continue with this method then I won’t be able to get him as fast as possible.
I will use the pastor because I know that he does everything he is told by the pastor.
I believe that the pastor would be in the best way to get him for me either gently or against his will which is the use of force.
To be continued