#THE_JESUS_SLAY_QUEENS
#Episode 25
I knelt down and began to sing songs of praise to God.
"You have done so much for me!
I cannot tell it all
Nare kele mo!
If I had ten thousand tongues
It still won't be enough
Nare kele mo!
What shall I render, to Jehovah
For he has done so very much for me."
"YES! WHAT SHALL YOU RENDER? I RUSHED YOU TO GET TO THAT PART OF THE SONG BECAUSE YOU HAVE JUST SKIPPED SOME LINES," Came the gentle whisper.
I had to pause my song and open my eyes.
"Skipped some lines? Oh! Chukwu na...." I tried singing immediately I remember, but was cut short.
"HOLD IT! DON'T BOTHER WITH THE SPECIAL NUMBER. WE CAN CONTINUE LATER. WHAT SHALL YOU RENDER? THAT'S WHAT WE WERE ABOUT TO DISCUSS."
"Lord! I'm grateful for everything you have done! I have nothing to give you that to give you my praise."
"HOLD IT!"
"Sir?"
"YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO GIVE. YOU HAVE SO MUCH TO GIVE ME. FIRST, I WANT YOUR MATTRESS. GIVE ME YOUR BED. I WANT YOU TO PICK AM OFFICIAL TIME FOR BOTH OF US TO MEET EVERYDAY."
"You mean quiet time?" I asked.
"YES! YOU DON'T HAVE A QUIET TIME YET. AND I WANT YOU TO PICK A TIME CONVENIENT FOR YOU AND I TO MEET EVERYDAY. THAT'S THE FIRST STEP TO BUILDING YOUR SPIRITUAL LIFE."
"So how do I go about it?"
"FIRST! WHAT TIME OF THE DAY DO YOU FIND CONVENIENT FOR YOU?"
"Hmmmmm! Let me say, early in the morning."
"REMEMBER, YOU MUST SPEND AT LEAST ONE HOUR IN PRAYERS. AFTER THAT, YOU CAN HAVE AT LEAST 30 MINUTES BIBLE STUDY."
"Wow! How do I pray for one hour and also study the bible for 30 minutes? That's too much for me."
"INFACT, I'M INCREASING IT TO 45 MINUTES," Came the reply.
"Haaa! Daddy I only asked a question. I was not going to say that I wouldn't do it. I was like. It's difficult ooo!"
"NOW YOU CAN SING YOUR SPECIAL NUMBER. YOU HAVE DONE SO MUCH FOR ME, I CANNOT TELL OT ALL. AND WHAT WAS THAT OTHER PART OF THE SONG? YES! MY FAVOURITE PART! WHAT SHALL I RENDER, TO JEHOVAH! FOR HE HAS DONE SO VERY MUCH FOR ME?
RIGHT?"
I exhaled, unable to utter a word.
"Lord! Why do you always ask for what is difficult? Why?
Why must Satan be more easier to please than you? Why is it that way?" I asked.
"BECAUSE NO MAN CAN PLEASE ME. NO MAN IS RIGHTEOUS IN MY SIGHT. EVEN THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF A MAN IS NOTHING BUT A FILTHY RAG. SO WHY IS MAN TRYING TO PLEASE ME?"
I was more confused. I don't understand anymore. What was daddy saying? That I should stop trying to please him? Was he saying that trying to please him is a mission impossible? So what was I supposed to do?
"Daddy, what do you want me to do? Are you saying I should stop pleasing you and start living my life the way I want?"
"NO! WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS THAT IT IS NOT IN MAN TO PLEASE GOD OF LIVE A RIGHTEOUS LIFE. ALL MAN HAS TO DO IS TO ASK GOD FOR HELP ANS STOP USING HIS OWN PHYSICAL STRENGTH TO TRY AND MEET UP WITH GOD'S DEMANDS."
"Hmmm! Go on! I'm listening."
"BY GRACE, THROUGH FAITH ARE YE SAVED THROUGH FAITH. IT IS THE GIFT OF GOD LEST ANY MAN SHOULD BOAST.
JULIET, THE MORE YOU TRY TO PLEASE GOD THROUGH YOUR HUMAN STRENGTH, THE MORE YOU'RE GOING TO FAIL. YOU NEED TO REALIZE THAT IT IS GOD THAT HELPS US TO OBEY HIM THROUGH GRACE.
GOD GAVE THE LAW TO HIS PEOPLE THROUGH MOSES AND TILL THE ARRIVAL OF JESUS, NOBODY COULD KEEP THE LAW. THEY KEPT FALLING AND RISING, FALLING AND RISING. GOING NACK TO SIN AND COMING BACK TO GOD. GOING BACK TO SIN AND COMING BACK TO GOD. GENERATION AFTER GENERATION AFTER GENERATION.
THAT'S THE REASON WHY MANY BELIEVERS ARE INCONSISTENT IN THEIR SPIRITUAL LIVES. THEY ARE SERVING GOD IN THEIR OWN STRENGTH."
"Daddy, can I ask a question?"
"SURE, GO AHEAD."
"How can you know if I am serving you in my human strength?"
"WHEN YOU ARE NOT FULFILLING THE PRINCIPLES OF SPIRITUAL DEPENDENCY."
"Haa! Daddy! Calm down, I'm lost. What's spiritual dependency?"
"IF YOU DEPEND ON ME TO GIVE YOU BREAKFAST EVERYDAY, EARLY IN THE MORNING, WHOSE DOOR POST WILL YOU BE SITTING AT EVERY MORNING?"
"Your door post," I answered.
"GOOD! IF YOU'RE DEPENDING ON ME TO PAY YOUR SCHOOL FEES AND I SAY COME AND SEE ME BY 4AM, WILL YOU BE SLEEPING BY THAT TIME?"
"No!"
"BEAUTIFUL! THAT'S THE LAW OF SPIRITUAL DEPENDENCY. AS LONG AS THE PRINCIPLES OF SPIRITUAL DEPENDENCY ARE BEING APPLIED. A BELIEVER WILL LIVE A CONSISTENT SPIRITUAL LIFE.
THE LAW OF SPIRITUAL DEPENDENCY IS A STATEMENT IN THE REALM OF THE SPIRIT THAT YOU CANNOT DO ANYTHING ON YOUR OWN. ONLY A MAN WHO NEEDS YOU WILL SHOW UP AR YOUR DOOR POST. A MAN WHO CAN DO WITHOUT WILL NOT EVEN CARE WHETHER YOU EXIST.
HE LIVES HIS LIFE THE WAY HE LIKES. DOES WHATEVER HE LIKES AND IS TOO BUSY TO HAVE YOUR TIME. SI THE FACT THAT YOU WAKE UP IN THE MORNING AND YOU KNEEL DOWN BEFORE GOD TO ASK HIM FOR STRENGTH TO LIVE FOR HIM THROUGHOUT THE DAY IS A STATEMENT THAT YOU DEPEND ON HIM.
NOW THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT THE REALM OF THE SPIRIT THAT HUMANS DON'T UNDERSTAND. IN THE SPIRIT REALMS, YOU DON'T TELL US THE STATE OF YOUR HEART THROUGH YOUR WORDS.
YOU DON'T SAY I LOVE YOU TO A SPIRIT. YOU CAN TELL A FELLOW HUMAN BEING I LOVE YOU AND HE OR SHE WOULD UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU SAID. BUT WHEN YOU'RE TELLING A SPIRIT I LOVE YOU, HE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
THAT'S WHAT IS CALLED THE
LANGUAGE OF THE SPIRIT.
FOR EXAMPLE, YOU DON'T TELL A DEMON, PLEASE HAVE MERCY ON ME! HE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. INFACT HAVE MERCY ON ME FOR A DEMON MEANS GO ON I LOVE WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
SO MANY BELIEVERS WILL TELL JESUS I LOVE YOU WITH MOUTH, BUT THAT IS NOT THE LANGUAGE OF THE SPIRIT. SO JESUS IS MOVE MOVED BY YOUR SWEET MOUTH. HE IS MOVED WHEN THAT BOY CALLS YOU AND SAY LET'S COMMIT FORNICATION.
THEN YOU SAY I TRIED TO RESIST HIM, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT CAME OVER ME. I TOLD HIM THIS WOULD BE THE LAST TIME. LORD I'M SO SORRY!
THAT'S YOUR DEFINITION OF LOVE FOR GOD. THAT'S THE HEIGHT OF HOW MUCH YOU LOVE HIM.
THE BIBLE SAYS IN THE BOOK OF JOHN 14:15. IF YE LOVE ME, KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS.
THAT'S HOW TO TELL GOD THAT YOU LOVE HIM. YOU DON'T SAY IT BY SINGING IT AS A SPECIAL NUMBER IN YOUR CHURCH. YOU TELL HIM YOU LOVE HIM BY YOUR OBEDIENCE TO HIS COMMANDS.
NOW THE REASON WHY I HAD TO TALK ABOUT THE LANGUAGE OF THE SPIRIT IS THIS. YOU CLAIM YOU DEPEND ON GOD TO HELP YOU OBEY HIM AND HE SAYS IN ORDER FOR ME TO HELP YOU, MEET ME BY 4 AM EVERY MORNING.
THAT'S WHEN YOU FIND SLEEP ENJOYABLE AND SLEEP VERY WELL. IS THAT A STATEMENT?"
"Yes," I answered.
"WHAT'S THE MEANING OF THAT STATEMENT?"
"That I am fine without God's help. It means that all I need is my sleep, not God. I cannot say I need God so badly and I'll be sleeping when it's time for my appointment with him."
"BEAUTIFUL! SO CAN YOU SEE WHAT SPIRITUAL STATEMENT IS ALL ABOUT?"
"Yes sir! But daddy! Nobody really mean that! I mean everyone needs God and in their heart they always agree that they need you. It's just that they just couldn't get up when it was time for their appointment.
Daddy please don't feel we are nonchalant or taking you for granted. We're just too weak to get up and pray. We are just to weak to meet up with our appointment with you."
"YES! BUT IF THE PRESIDENT SAYS 'I WANT TO GIVE YOU A SCHOLARSHIP, MEET ME AT THE PRESIDENTIAL VILLA BY 3AM IN THE MORNING.' YOU'LL BE AT HIS DOORPOST BY 2AM, AM I CORRECT?"
"Daddy! Please."
"ANSWER THE QUESTION."
"Yes!"
"SO THE PROBLEM IS NOT SLEEP. THE PROBLEM IS PRIORITY. WHAT'S MORE IMPORTANT TO YOU? MANY PEOPLE DO NOT WANT TO GO TO HELL, BUT THEY KEEP DOING WHAT WILL TAKE THEM TO HELL.
WHAT DO YOU EXPECT? THE BIBLE SAYS FIGHT TO ENTER IN THROUGH THE NARROW GATE FOR MANY WILL LOVE TO GET IN THROUGH THE GATE, BUT WILL MOT BE ABLE.
THEY WOULD LOVE TO GET TO HEAVEN. THEY WOULD LOVE TO MAKE IT. THEY WOULD LOVE TO BUILD THEIR SPIRITUAL LIVES AND RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD, BUT WILL NOT BE ABLE. WHY?
FIGHT TO ENTER! FROM THE DAYS OF JOHN THE BAPTIST TILL WHEN?"
"Now!"
"TILL YESTERDAY, RIGHT?"
"No sir!"
"TILL LAST WEEK WEDNESDAY, RIGHT?"
"No!"
"TILL WHEN?"
"Now!"
"ARE YOU SURE?"
"Yes!"
"FROM THE DAYS OF JOHN THE BAPTIST TILL NOW. THE KINGDOM OF GOD SUFFERS VIOLENCE AND THOSE WHO ARE VIOLENT ENOUGH WILL TAKE THE KINGDOM HOW?"
"By force!"
"WHY WISHING?"
"No!"
"BY CRYING AND SAYING! WHY ME? OH GOD I'M TIRED! IS THAT HOW THEY WOULD TAKE THE KINGDOM?"
"No!"
"HOW WOULD THEY TAKE THE KINGDOM?"
"By force!"
"GOOD! MANY LOVE THE IDEA OF SPIRITUAL LIFE. MANY LOVE THE IDEA OF BUILDING YOUR PRAYER LIFE. MANY LOVE TO GET TO HEAVEN.
BUT ONLY FEW ARE FIGHTING TO BUILD THEIR SPIRITUAL LIVES. ONLY FEW ARE FIGHTING TO GET TO HEAVEN.
THE REST ARE RELAXING. THEY DON'T LIKE ANYTHING THAT LOOKS DIFFICULT. THEY WANT JESUS TO DO EVERYTHING FOR THEM. THEY ARE EVEN LOOKING FOR WHO WILL PRAY FOR THEM.
PLEASE BE PRAYING FOR ME OOO! I NEED PRAYERS. I'M NOT SAYING IT'S WRONG FOR SOMEONE TO PRAY FOR YOU, BUT! CHAI!! JULIET, CAN I SHOW YOU A MYSTERY?"
"Yes sir!"
" GO AND GET YOUR BIBLE NOW!"
I quickly rushed to get my bible and opened it.
"Where should I read?" I asked.
"OPEN TO LUKE 22:31."
I quickly opened it and read out.
"And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat:
Verse 32. But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.
"STOP THERE!"
I stopped and stared at the scripture.
"DID JESUS PRAY FOR PETER?"
"Yes!"
"HOW COME PETER STILL FELL EVEN AFTER JESUS HAD PRAYED FOR HIM?
"Haaa!" I exclaimed as my eyes grew moist with tears.
"EXCUSE ME! IF JESUS PRAYS FOR YOU AND ORDINARY MAN PRAYS FOR YOU, WHOSE PRAY CARRIES MORE POWER?"
"That of Jesus," I answered.
"SO HOW COME JESUS PRAYED FOR PETER AND YET PETER FELL?
FOR YOU TO KNOW THAT EVEN IF THE WHOLE WORLD SHOULD GATHER AND PRAY FOR YOU, YOUR PERSONAL PRAYERS IS MORE WEIGHTY THAN THEM ALL!
"Haa! Daddy! This is too much for me!"
TAKE NOTE OF THIS! AFTER THE LAST SUPPER WHAT WAS THE NEXT THING JESUS DID TO PETER?"
"He took him to a prayer vigil."
"AND WAS PETER PRAYING IN THAT VIGIL?"
"No, he was sleeping!"
"GOOD! I'M TIRED! LET ME SLEEP SMALL. JESUS HAS PRAYED FOR ME. NOTHING IS GOING TO HAPPEN.
THAT WAS HOW PETER FELL! YOUR PRAYER LIFE IS VERY IMPORTANT IN YOUR WALK WITH GOD. BUILD IT! FIGHT TO ENTER THE NARROW GATE OF PRAYER. ITS A FIGHT! AGAINST WHO?
AGAINST YOUR FLESH! IT'S A WAR! AGAINST WHO? AGAINST YOUR FLESH!"
To be continued....
Brethren! Many love to build their prayer life. Many love to have the kind of relationship Susan has with God. Many love to fulfill destiny
But only few are fighting for what they want.
The rest are only wishing it was easy. Wishing prayers was a piece of cake. Wishing getting to heaven was just to close your eyes and BOOM! You appear there.
I'm sorry to disappoint you! It's war!
It's a battlefield!
Are you fighting to get that prayer life you so much desire, or you're wishing someone would give it to you as birthday gift?