Even Jesus struggled a bit when the time came to do the father’s bidding…that was someone who knew that day was coming. It was his reason for coming to the world, yet he struggled at the culmination of the reality.
It’s hard to bend towards God’s will at times…especially when it demands so much from us.
But God will never ask a man for something He knows the person can’t give.
Let’s give the poor boy time to battle this in his mind; ultimately, God will be glorified”
Uncle Ade then continued to talk to me…“That “God said it” does not mean it will just fall on our laps.There are times we have to fight for it because of forces that like to thwart God’s arrangement.
David was anointed King but he still had to fight his way there…it wasn’t automatic
The children of Israel were already promised the land but they had to fight for it
Are you ready to fight for this?”
Those words helped me to understand the dream I had so I shared it with him.
Then we prayed together…Wow! The man can pray.
Captain just sat on the chair sapped…throwing in some sighs and some “Amen”
Captain later made a call for someone to come get them…they were going to stay at the Nigerian Navy Guest House in Abuja. The person showed up about two hours later in a Military vehicle.
As they were about to leave, Uncle Ade’s phone rang and it was Folahan calling…they talked for a while but the facial expressions and responses didn’t give much away.
He ended the call with
“Aramide knows the place right?
We’ll be there shortly”
It was Pastor T, calling from Folahan’s phone…that was where Folahan went to and they needed us to come over…everyone of us.
I tidied up a little and off we went…I wasn’t really familiar with that part of Abuja, I had only been there a couple of times but luckily the soldier that came to get Captain knew his way around and got us to Pastor T’s house.
We were ushered into pastor T’s home office where we saw Folahan, face down; flat on the carpet…Pastor T was sitting next to him. I no longer cared if he did or didn’t want me around him; I went ahead and sat by him. He didn’t say anything, so I placed my head on his bicep/elbow region and laid down next to him. It wasn’t long before my tears were dripping on his hand.
After introductions and pleasantries, Pastor T recognized Uncle Ade as one of the Departmental heads at a church he attended while in Lagos, many years ago before he became a minister. It would have been a sweet reunion as Pastor T started sharing the leadership skills he learnt from Uncle Ade while watching him from afar.
“I’m very happy to have you here with us sir…I know I can count on your godly elderly wisdom in case I am handling this the wrong way.
And please sir, if I’m going out of line don’t hesitate to tell me.
I have been talking to Bro Folahan for over an hour, he is broken and hurting.
He told me he wants to fulfill God’s purpose for his life but doesn’t know how, considering the new developments.
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