The will of God 12

*THE WILL OF GOD (WOG)*

*Episode 12*

THE LETTER

My Beloved Bro. David,
I'm really sorry for what happened to you, although I
don't know the cause. I believe you are getting
better.
I don't really know how to say this, but, I have been
finding it real hard coping with my feelings of love
for you. With many dreams of both us praying
together, walking together, and doing things
together, I can't help but say that you are the will of
God for me.
I know I'm not supposed to be saying this, but it's
the best I can fully express my undying love and
affection for you.
When I heard the stories of how those sisters were
fighting because you, I have to pray fervently. What
is mine will always be mine and I don't need to
struggle for it.
Sincerely, I love you and I do hope you feel same
for me.
Please, enjoy your food, well prepared from a heart
of love.
Your wife-to-be,
Sister Ibukun.
After reading the letter, I carefully pushed the food
away from me.
"GC, why? Aren't you eating it?" Bro. James asked
with surprise.
I gave him the letter to read. He was surprised after
reading it.
"Ah.... another sister again...! Who is this sister
Ibukun? I've never heard that name among the
leaders, nor workers or even the members that I
know very well" James said as he tries to think
deeply about the bearer of that name.
We didn't eat the food that night. We threw it away,
washed the plate and kept it back in the polythene
bag.
The next day, I went to meet the pastor to report
myself concerning everything.
"Bro. David....I thought I told you to wait and allow
me do the needful. Now you have embarrassed
yourself before the sister. If I were the sister, I
would do the same thing. You were so impatient"
Pastor Alex said as he rebuked me.
"I'm very sorry, sir. I've learnt my lesson. I won't try
that again, sir" I said kneeling down before him.
"Stand up" he ordered me.
"You may have to go and pray for some time
because of what you have done. Call me bro.
James" He said with a firmness.
Bro. James was called.
"Bro. James, you will have to handle the fellowship
for the mean time while bro. David would be on
disciplined. Thank you, you may leave us now" He
said.
Despite the fact that Pastor Alex placed me on disciplined, he didn't leave me alone. He spent his
time to talk to me concerning marriage and other
things. He encouraged me to be strong and be very courageous at this period.
He prayed for me and demanded that I should see
him after every service day for counseling and
prayers. I was faithful to that.
The next day after I was given that discipline, Sister
Faithfulness came to me. I was in my department.
"GC..... how are you doing?" She asked me.
"My sister, I'm okay, just that I need strength this
period" I said to her.
"Hmmmmmmm....GC, tell me what really
happened?" She said with concern.
I couldn't hide it from her. I told her everything.
"GCcccc.....but I told you to exercise patience. You
know, we sisters who understand what marriage
truly means, don't just give a 'Yes' to any
proposal....." She said.
"Hmmmmmmm....MC 101. You can imagine, I'm in
400L final year, still I have to do a 100L course in
Marriage matters....ok ooo" I said as we moved to
sit down under a tree.
"What do you mean by that, sir?" She said looking
at me.
"Heyyyyy.... don't look at me like that. I meant
Marriage Counseling 101.... You know you have
always been my lecturer on women matters" I said
jokingly.
"Let me continue before you distract me. As I was
saying, every godly sister, I mean genuine and
godly ones, hates backyard approach" she continued but I cut in...
"You have come again with all this your mysteries.
What's backyard approach again?" I asked quite
confused.
"Pastor...! So, with all your preaching and years of
ministry, you want to tell me you don't know what I
meant by that? Okay.... I will tell. What you did to
sister Esther is a backyard approach. You have to
followed the right channels as laid down by the
church. The church is a family of believers. The
pastor stands as the physical head. People jump
some principles laid down in the family because of
impatience and fear of delay. You should have been
patient just as I told you. God gives a vision, just a
child is conceived in the womb. The mother has to
patiently endure while she prepares for the day the
baby will be born. 9months is not a joke, but she
have to bear all the challenges within those months
of waiting. Let me not mention the pain and
groaning of labour before the child is born. So also
is the waiting period before Visions manifest to
Reality. Nevertheless, the mistake has been made.
She has said "NO", but don't worry, I still have the
strong assurance in my heart that she will say "Yes"
again, but I don't know when. You just have to wait
till that time comes" she said and kept quiet.
"Hmmmmmmm, sincerely you have been a great
help to me. Your depth of wisdom and knowledge
sometimes do startled me. I'm indeed very grateful
for your advice. I will wait" I said to her as we
stood up to go into our various classes for lectures.
My final exams was two months away and I had to
prepare very much for it. It wasn't easy coping with
the feeling of rejection coupled with the period of
discipline.
Been off duty in the church wasn't easy for me. You
know that feeling when you'll have to sit in the
congregation and all who knew you before will
begin to wonder what happened and ask you all
kinds of questions.
It was indeed a time to learn obedience, humility,
patience, brokenness and contriteness. I spent a lot
of time to pray and plead for mercy from the Lord.
I must confess, those days were not funny
Spiritually, but thank God for my pastor's counseling
session as well as the comforting presence of
sister Faithfulness and her daily prayers for me
anytime we meet in the department.
At the end of that month of my discipline, that
night, I had a dream. The man came and gave me
back my suit. It looked washed, well ironed and
even more glorious than before. I thank him for it.
I woke up with joy and gladness. That Sunday, I
was restored back to my position as a General
Coordinator, but I had only that Thursday to preach
my last message to the congregation from the
pulpit as a GC, because the next Sunday was to be
my handing over ceremony.
I put all efforts into that message. I prayed and
fasted for it. When the day came, I spoke on
SERVING GOD IN TIMES LIKE THESE. The anointing
that followed that message that day was beyond my
imagination.
Lives were touched. Sinners were saved, backsliders
were restored. In fact, the altar was full with people
who came out during the Altar Call.
The handing over was successfully done. The next
week, a Sendforth ceremony was organized for all
the final year brethren by the church.
We started and ended our exams, I finished my
project defense, did my clearance and went home to
prepare for my NYSC program.
When my call up letter came out, I was posted to
one of the Northern state.
I was surprised to see sister Blessing also during
my clearance at the Local Government Secretariate,
because, from our last chat on WhatsApp, she told
me she was posted to the West.
When I asked her why she decided to relocate to
the North, she just told me she wanted to explore
the North.
I didn't bother to question her further, not knowing
that it was because of me she took that decision
because of me.

What happened during those days of service will surprise you.

Find out in the next episode....