THE JESUS SLAY QUEENS 2
Episode 73
© Ayo Omolayo
Immediately I was done hanging the clothes, my phone rang, indicating a message notification. I picked it up and unlocked it to read what the message was. Immediately I saw the message I shouted in recognition. The message was a reminder that there was a meeting taking place at Ope's church, which I was invited to minister.
Now, here was the confusion. I was supposed to be locked up for the next 7 hours. At the same time, I was supposed to be at the meeting to minister. How do I handle both?
I was still thinking about that when mummy, all dressed up, came out of the house.
"Juliet, like I said earlier I have a ministration to attend to. Try and prepare meal for the house because Ella will be leaving anytime soon. As soon as you're done with that, lock up yourself in that room and make sure you are able to seek God's face till you get the answers."
"Okay ma, I will do that!"
"Wait a second! There's an urgency in this matter. I wouldn't want you to waste my time. Immediately you are done with this, just go upstairs and lock yourself up. Don't worry about the cooking, I'll do that myself when I get back. Bye!" She said and left to the garage.
My plans had just been destroyed. I was thinking I will be able to make it to the meeting. But now everything crumbled right before my eyes. What am I going to do? I can't rebel against my spiritual covering and authority.
I must find a way of communicating to them that I won't be able to make it. It is the only solution right now.
On the other hand, I could go to the meeting and come back to lock myself or before mommy gets back. I'm sure she wouldn't know I left the house. Wait a second! That's a no! Mummy has spiritual gadgets that monitors everything happening around her. It will look like what happened between Elisha and his servant Gehazi. The mentee disobeyed his mentor and God punish severely for the act. I am not going to let what happened in the Bible repeat itself in my life.
Immediately I swiped the reply icon and typed.
"Sorry, I won't be able to make it. My mentor has an assignment for me."
Immediately the message left my phone I received a response we said, 'Give honour to whom honour is due. Thanks alot! Opelazzy'.
I was about stepping into the house, when Ellen came out with her purse strapped to her shoulder.
"I'm leaving now! Let me go and meet my true Love. I am missing him already."
"Auntie, you no pity me at all. You know I don't have true love yet and you are saying it in my presence so that I will start getting jealous. God I believe you're seeing this oppression! Please answer your daughter and change her status from Miss to Mrs!"
"You look good with the name miss. Hold on to it for a while. I love the way you are called Miss Juliet Anderson! It's such a lovely name."
"If not for the fact that I am born again, the kind of slap that I am planning to slap you right now, it will need no dentition in your mouth. But because I am born again, I will just punch your back!" I said I made to punch her on the back, but she ran.
"You are seriously lucky! Just thank your God!"
She also left for the garage and in no time drove out. I was left in the house with the gate man.
I entered the house and sat comfortably in the sitting room. My phone started ringing and I picked it up to check the caller's ID. It was Romeo calling.
"I thought I told this guy not to call me until he has completed the assignment?" I asked with a frown on my face and swiped the green bar.
"Hello!"
"I'm so sorry! I understand you warned me never to call you until I have done what you asked me to do, I seriously need your advice on setting matter right now."
"And what is that?"
"There's this lady at my place of work. She's a flirtatious person in nature and has made several advances towards me but I always avoid her. I have been preaching the gospel to her whenever she tries to talk to me, but she always wave it off. Recently, one of her jotters fell to the ground and I saw a write-up in it. She wrote something that look like I believe suicide is the best option.
I think she's planning on ending her own life. For the past few days she has been so withdrawn, sad and keeping to herself, unlike our usual self. I have been praying for her but I need advice on how to go about it. Based on that flirtatious nature she always shows, signifying she has interest in my personality. Is it wise to get involved with personal matters?
I understand the bible wants us to win souls, but I know it wouldn't want us to win souls at the expense of our own souls. Please tell me what should be done?"
"Romeo, the more you are saying this thing the more you are getting me angry. You are seriously falling from who you used to be because of spiritual laziness. You that always had a word of advice for every single situation, now see the silly questions you are asking! Shame on you!
While others were busy rising in the spiritual realm, you decided to be lazy with your spiritual life. Look at what laziness has brought upon you!"
"I'm sorry!"
"I hate that word! Stop telling me you're sorry! Go and do what I asked you to do and get off my phone!
"I understand that I have to do the assignment you gave me. I am asking you this way to the lady, what should I do?"
"Young man, you have not remove the log in your eyes you are busying yourself with the flick of dirt in another person's eye. You have not solved your own spiritual problem, but you are burdened with another person's problem. What level of hypocrisy is that?"
"I'm sorry ma!"
"And I told you to stop telling me that! I only picked this call because I want to give you my last warning. If you don't do that assignment I will never speak to you forever in life. Good day!" I said and hung up.
This guy was really getting me pissed up. You have not finish putting out the fire in your own house and you are looking at the fire in another man's house. What level of stupidity is that?
At that point I looked for the staircase and noticed, it was time to enter the prayer room.
Instantly I became so reluctant. I wish I could just do something else other than praying. What if I prayed for 7 hours and nothing happened? This pattern of free mummy was introducing, is something I'm not used to.
I was to pray until something happens. Now, I'm used to praying, even when nothing happens. What if I prayed and prayed and got frustrated along the wa?
I started up the stairs and located the prayer room. Opened the door and what went wrong with me, I don't understand. I felt so reluctant to pray. I felt as if prayer was a burden and I had to get rid of it.
What was wrong with me? Why was I feeling so reluctant to pray? This was a big opportunity, an open cheque to seek the face of God and here I was, trying to waste it.
I shut the door and sat down on the floor outside the room, unable to phantom what's going wrong. I felt like shedding tears. My emotions were out of control. I can't bring them into subjection anymore. I was in the middle of a spiritual battle and yet, felt so reluctant to fight or even win.
And what about my daddy? The sweet Holy Spirit! I haven't heard his voice for a long time. Why? Have I done something to upset him? What exactly have I done?
I decided to ask a lot of questions and you got no answers in return. That was when it dawned on me that something had gone wrong and needed to be fixed.
Daddy please, I need to understand what's going on.
There was no response and I mean a lot is going on.
"Lord you seem so far away,
A million miles or more,
It feels today,
And though I haven't lost my faith,
I must confess right now.
That it's hard for me to pray,
But I don't know what to say,
And I don't know where to start,
But as you give the grace,
With all that's in my heart.
I will sing,
I will praise.
Even in my darkest time,
Through the sorrow and the pain.
I will sing,
I will praise.
Lift my hands to honor you,
Because your word is true.
I will sing."
As I sang that song, I began to feel a burning in my spirit. Slowly, the burden of prayer began to activate in my spirit. I was so reluctant to pray, but right now I was boiling. I pushed the door open, entered the room and locked it. I quickly from the key underneath the door to make sure I do not rush out.
I began to pray in tongues walking around the room. I kept praying and praying and suddenly my spiritual ears unlocked.
"JULIET, YOU ARE LUCKY YOU INSISTED ON PRAYING. HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN WHAT MUMMY TAUGHT YOU THAT WHENEVER YOU FEEL SO RELUCTANT TO PRAY, YOU ARE UNDER SPIRITUAL ATTACK.
THAT FEELING THAT MAKES YOU SO TIRED WHENEVER YOU HEAR THE WORD PRAYER, IS A DEMONIC ATTACK. NEVER YOU ACCEPT DEFEAT FROM THE DEVIL. THERE ARE SO MANY LIVES THAT ARE COUNTING ON YOUR VICTORY ESPECIALLY IN THIS BATTLE THAT CONFRONTS YOU RIGHT NOW.
LOVE COMING TO THE JUNCTION OF MARRIAGE AND IT IS VERY IMPORTANT YOU MARRY MY WILL CONCERNING YOUR LIFE."
"Yes daddy that's the reason why I'm here! How do you want me to get married to? Segun propose to me and I felt at peace towards his proposal."
"MADAM JULIET, YOU ARE STILL CALLING THAT RUBBISH PEACE?"
"I'm sorry!"
"DON'T TELL ME YOU'RE SORRY! I HATE THAT WORD!"
"Haaaaaaaa! Daddy!"
"YES DAUGHTER!"
"You want to pay me back in my own coin?"
"YES, BECAUSE I'M ANGRY WITH YOU OVER THE WAY YOU HAVE BEEN TREATING MY SON. JULIET, HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN LOVE IS PATIENT. YOU MUST BE PATIENT WITH HIM AND ENCOURAGE HIM. WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU A FEW MINUTES AGO, IS EXACTLY WHAT IS HAPPENING TO HIM. HE WANTS TO PRAY BUT HE'S HAVING THAT SPIRITUAL ATTACK THAT MAKES PEOPLE FEEL TIRED WHENEVER THEY HEAR THE WORD PRAYER.
HE JUST NEEDS THE PUSH AND HE WOULD END UP PRAYING MORE THAN THE 3 HOURS YOU ARE ASKING FOR."
"I'm sorry sir! I will call him and I will even apologize to him. But daddy please I need the answer to the proposal!"
"STOP DISTURBING ME! YOU KNOW SEGUN IS NOT YOUR MAN. YOU ALLOWED YOUR LUST FOR THE KIND OF SPIRITUAL MAN YOU WANT TO BLIND YOUR EYES."
"So who is my man?"
To be Continued.......
Have you ever had this experience before? Immediately they mention prayer, everything in you became weak. You began to feel so reluctant and tired to pray.
You want to do evey other thing except to pray. Has that ever happened to you?"
Whenever you have such experience, it is beyond ordinary. It's not a feeling, what's an attack. Make sure you rise up and tell the devil to his face that is a liar.
I have said it before and I will say it again. Your feelings never have anything to do with spiritual matters. If you want to pray and you want to feel like praying before you pray, you are deceiving yourself.
Pray without ceasing. That is not an emotional advice. It is a command that has no respect for your mood swings. It is a command that doesn't care whether you are feeling excited or depressed. It's a command that must be obeyed irrespective of your feelings.
So open your mouth and do not allow any demon to shut it down.
INSPIRED BY THE BREAD OF LIFE
WRITTEN BY AYO OMOLAYO
YOUR BROTHER IN CHRIST 🙏