THE JESUS SLAY QUEENS 2
Episode 75
© Ayo Omolayo
It wasn't easy for me to give this call, but I had to. This was seriously humiliating, still, I had no choice. After asking that question and God asking me who I was, it dawned on me that I was too proud to stretch out a helping hand to Romeo. I realise I was just tearing him into pieces my words. I wasn't making any move to help him out of his state of spiritual lukewarmness. Rather I was busy venting out my frustration on him.
This was the most humiliating task God has ever given me. I placed a call across to him immediately I was out of the prayer room. I knocked on the door and Bukola, mummy's spiritual daughter, opened the door.
"Hello Romeo!"
"Ma! I'm surprised you're the one calling me after you warned me never to call you."
"Yes! And I am so sorry!"
"You're sorry?"
"Yes I am!"
"Why should you be sorry? You have done what has always been in your heart to do. You have called me all the names you wanted to call me. Why are you sorry about it?"
If I were to be there physically, I would have smashed a bottle on his head. Now that I had humbled myself and spoken to him, why was he acting like a boss?"
"JULIET, IS LIKE YOU STILL NEED MORE BREAKING OOOO!"
"Daddy, the guy is proving stubborn and you're there supporting him. How will I marry this kind of person?"
"I DON'T KNOW OOOO! BUT THAT PRIDE YOU'RE WEARING AS A CAP IS SERIOUSLY MAKING ME WANNA CRUSH YOU!"
"Haaaaaaaa! Daddy! But he's the one at fault na. He's supposed to give me all the respect I deserve."
"AND DID YOU HEAR ME SAYING I'M IN SUPPORT OF WHAT HE'S DOING? NO! BUT I'LL NEVER OVERLOOK YOUR PRIDE BECAUSE OF HIS MISBEHAVIOUR. TO WHOM MUCH IS GIVEN , MUCH IS EXPECTED. IF I WANT TO PUNISH THE TWO OF YOU, YOUR PUNISHMENT WILL BE TIMES FIVE OF HIS OWN."
"Haaaaaaaa! Daddy! Why na? I'm your baby girl oooo! You need to be treating me like egg na!"
"THEN CARRY YOURSELF LIKE EGG BEFORE I SMASH YOU! HOW CAN EGG BE FIGHTING AGAINST HAMMER?"
"Haaaaaaaa! I'm not fighting against hammer oooooo!" I said and both daddy and I burst into laughter.
"Romeo, I'm so sorry for everything I said earlier. Please find a place in your heart to forgive me. I will never do such a thing again. I am ready to make it up to you. Please, can you forgive me?"
"I already have, but I just wanted to inform you that the girl is dead."
My phone almost fell off my hands. How can just a few minutes of my carelessness, lead to the untimely death of an Innocent person?
I don't understand myself anymore. Why is it that every time I make a mistake somebody has to pay for it? Just my outburst of anger has led to losing a soul to the pit of Hell. I'm tired of all these. I'm fed up! Why must things go on this way?
"IS IT MY FAULT?"
"Daddy I am so sorry! I don't know what came over me and made me to say such things."
"ANGER!"
"Yes sir! Please take away my anger! Help me to be a humble person. Help me to humble myself in every area and allow the Holy Ghost to break all manner of pride in me!"
"AMEN! AND I'M ALREADY WORKING ON THAT. ALL I NEED YOU TO DO FOR ME RIGHT NOW IS TO COOPERATE. LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING ABOUT THE FRUITS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
THE FRUITS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT CANNOT BE GOTTEN IN THE PLACE OF PRAYER. FATHER! LET YOUR LOVE ENGULF ME. GIVE ME MORE OF YOUR LOVE. LET THE FRUIT OF LOVE TAKE OVER MY SPIRIT. LET THE FRUIT OF THE FRUIT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT CALLED MEEKNESS, TAKE OVER MY HEART.
IT'S A GOOD PRAYER POINT ACTUALLY, BUT THAT'S NOT HOW THE ANSWER TO THAT PRAYER WILL COME. INFACT, YOU DON'T PRAY FOR THE FRUITS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. YOU GROW THE FRUITS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AS YOU GROW SPIRITUALLY. IT COMES UP ON YOU, UNCONSCIOUSLY.
YOU GROW THEM BY YIELDING YOURSELF TO THE DEALINGS OF THE HOLY GHOST. ONE OF THE WAYS THROUGH WHICH GOD ACHIEVES THIS IS BY PLACING YOU IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS BEYOND YOUR CONTROL. A SITUATION WHERE SOMEBODY OFFENDS YOU AND YOU HAVE TO SUBMIT TO THE HOLY GHOST BY NOT REACTING IN ANGER.
IF GOD WANTS TO GROW THE FRUIT OF LOVE IN YOU, HE WILL BEGIN TO PUT IN A YOU SITUATION WHERE YOU ARE TO SHOW LOVE TO PEOPLE AND THEY THROW IT BACK AT YOUR FACE. YOU WILL FEEL LIKE ALLOWING HATRED TO FIND EXPRESSION, BUT THE HOLY GHOST WILL KEEP INSISTING YOU LOVE.
IF THE HOLY GHOST WANTS TO DEAL WITH PRIDE IN YOUR LIFE AND GIVE YOU THE FRUIT OF MEEKNESS. HE WILL BEGIN TO PLACE YOU IN SITUATIONS WHERE YOU ARE HUMILIATED AND MADE TO FEEL YOU DESERVE SOME LEVEL OF RESPECT WHICH YOU CAN ONLY GET BY BEING ARROGANT.
SO YOU FIND YOURSELF IN A SITUATION WHERE YOUR YOUNGER SIBLINGS ARE TELLING YOU THAT YOU ARE STUPID WHEN THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO WORSHIP AT YOUR FEET, YOU'RE IN. THESE YOUNGER SIBLINGS ARE NOT CHILDREN THAT YOU CAN FLOG OR COMMAND TO KNEEL DOWN. I MEAN IT WILL BE MORE EASIER FOR YOU TO GAIN RESPECT IF THEY WERE LITTLE KIDS. BUT SOME OF THEM ARE TALLER THAN YOU AND THEY REFUSE TO WORSHIP AT YOUR FEET, AS THE OLDER SIBLING.
THE ONLY WAY FOR YOU TO EARN RESPECT IS BY ENGAGING THEM IN A FIST BATTLE. IF AT ALL YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO FIGHT THEM PHYSICALLY, YOU WOULD WANT TO USE HURTFUL WORDS ON THEM. BUT IN THAT SCENARIO, YOU WOULD HEAR THE HOLY GHOST TELLING YOU TO BE CALM.
THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT HAS LED TO MANY BELIEVERS NOT HAVING THE FRUIT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. BECAUSE EVEN WHEN THE HOLY SPIRIT IS TRYING TO BUILD IT AND CULTIVATE IT IN THEM, THEY ARE THE ONES CUTTING IT OFF AND DESTROYING IT. WHEN THE HOLY SPIRIT NEEDS THEM TO HEAL THEMSELVES SO THAT THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT CAN GROW IN SUCH SCENARIOS, THE REBEL.
AND THERE YOU BEGIN TO FIND BELIEVERS WHO HAVE BEEN IN THE CHURCH FOR 17 YEARS BUT AS ANGRY AS A MAN THAT DOES NOT HAVE THE HOLY SPIRIT. YOU ALSO FIND BELIEVERS WHO HAVE BEEN IN THE CHURCH FOR LONG AND YET FORNICATE AS IF THEY DON'T KNOW JESUS.
WHY? BECAUSE EVERY TIME THE HOLY GHOST IS TRYING TO BUILD HIS CHARACTER IN THEM, THEY ALWAYS REVOLT AND GIVE INTO THE FLESH. WHEN THE HOLY GHOST WANTS TO BREAK THEM THROUGH DEALINGS, THEY REBEL. THEY DO NOT GIVE THEMSELVES TO THE HOLY GHOST FOR HIM TO BREAK THEM. THIS HAS LED TO THE REASON WHY MANY CHRISTIANS DO NOT RESEMBLE THEIR FATHER.
CHECK THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES. THE NAME CHRISTIAN, WAS GIVEN TO THE BELIEVERS BY THE GENTILES. WHY WAS THE NAME GIVEN TO THEM? THE GENTILES OBSERVED THE BEHAVIOUR OF THESE BELIEVERS AND IT WAS A PURE REFLECTION OF THE CHARACTER OF CHRIST. THEY HAD NO CHOICE THAN TO GIVE THEM THE NAME CHRISTIAN, MEANING CHRIST ALIKE OR IN OTHER WORDS, LIKE CHRIST.
THIS WAS A PURE DESCRIPTION OF WHAT GOD DID IN GENESIS 1 VERSE 26. HE SAID LET US MAKE MAN IN OUR OWN IMAGE AFTER OUR LIKENESS. THE WORD LIKENESS REPRESENTS, CHARACTER. SO GOD DID NOT JUST MAKE MAN TO RESEMBLE HIM PHYSICALLY. HE MADE MAN TO RESEMBLE HIM IN CHARACTER.
SO WHEN WE SAY GOD IS LOVE, WE CAN ALSO SAY MAN IS LOVE. WHEN WE SAY GOD IS HOLY, WE CAN ALSO SAY MAN IS HOLY. THAT WAS THE ORIGINAL DESIGN BEFORE THE FALL OF MAN IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN.
SO IMMEDIATELY JESUS DIED ON THE CROSS, EVERYTHING WAS RESTORED. BUT THE FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT MUST GROW INTO MATURITY AND, YOU DON'T GROW THEM BY PRAYER. YOU GROW THEM BY YIELDING YOURSELF TO THE DEALINGS OF THE HOLY GHOST. IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO BE A PRAYERFUL AND BIBLE READING BELIEVER. WHEN SITUATION COMES TO TEST YOUR LEVEL OF ANGER, WILL YOU SURRENDER TO THE HOLY GHOST OR ALLOW THE FLESH TO FIND EXPRESSION?
THIS IS WHERE MANY BELIEVERS MISS IT. THIS IS WHAT HAS LED TO THE POPULAR SAYING, 'LEAVE BIBLE FIRST AND LET'S SETTLE THIS WITH OUR FISTS'. YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING IS WRONG BUT YOU ARE UNDER PRESSURE TO FEED YOUR PRIDE. YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING IS WRONG BUT YOU ARE UNDER PRESSURE TO FEED YOUR LUST. YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING IS OBEYING THE LUST OF THE DEVIL, BUT YOU SERIOUSLY WANT TO PROVE A POINT TO THOSE CHALLENGING YOU.
WHAT YOU DID WAS NOT JUST COMMITTING SIN AND LATER RECONCILING WITH GOD. YOU JUST LOST AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE MASTERY OVER YOUR PERSONAL WEAKNESSES."
"My goodness!"
"EXACTLY! IF YOU'RE THE TYPE STRUGGLING WITH LIES. THE ONLY WAY FOR GOD TO FREE YOU FROM THAT ADDICTION TO TELLING LIES, IS TO CREATE AN AVENUE WHERE YOU ARE UNDER PRESSURE TO LIE AND THE HOLY GHOST WILL BE PRESENT TO TELL YOU DON'T DO IT! REMEMBER THAT SCRIPTURE THAT SAYS WHERE SIN ABOUNDS MORE GRACE ABOUNDS MUCH MORE.
THE NUMBER ONE ASSIGNMENT OF GRACE IS NOT TO BE WATCHING INIQUITY, BUT TO EMPOWER A MAN TO OVERCOME HIS WEAKNESSES. THAT'S THE REASON WHY WHEN APOSTLE PAUL WAS PRAYING, HE SAID SOMETHING IN SECOND CORINTHIANS 12 VERSE 9. CAN YOU OPEN IT?"
I quickly rushed to get my bible and flipped to the passage.
"2 Corinthians 12:9. And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me."
"THAT IS THE FIRST MISSION OF GRACE. BUT TODAY, A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE TURNED GRACE TO I CAN COMMIT SIN AND THERE WILL BE ABSOLUTE FORGIVENESS LATER. A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE MISINTERPRETED GRACE TO BE FREEDOM TO COMMIT SIN AND GIVE GOD ALL THE EXCUSES AS TO WHY YOU COMMITTED IT.
JESUS CAME TO PUT AN END TO SIN, NOT TO CREATE A SOLUTION AS TO MANAGING IT.
SO WHENEVER YOU FIND YOURSELF IN SUCH A SITUATION, ALWAYS YIELD TO THE HOLY GHOST. REMEMBER WHAT THE BIBLE SAID IN ROMANS CHAPTER 6 VERSE 16. OPEN IT!"
I opened and read.
Romans 6:16. Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?
Verse 17. But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.
Verse 18. Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness."
"SIN DOES NOT JUST COME FOR YOU TO COMMIT IT AND CONFESS YOU ARE SORRY. SIN CAME TO BECOME YOUR MASTER. THAT IS THE REASON WHY WHEN MASTURBATION CAME, HE DID NOT LOOK AS IF IT CAME FOR YOU TO BE A SLAVE TO IT. YOU JUST DID IT AND TOLD GOD YOU WERE SORRY. NOW YOU WANT TO STOP IT, BUT YOU HAVE DISCOVERED SOMETHING ELSE IS HAPPENING.
WHEN YOU WERE TELLING LIES, IT LOOKED AS IF YOU WERE TRYING TO ESCAPE DANGER. NOW YOU WANT TO STOP TELLING LIES, BUT IT HAS BECOME A MASTER TO YOU.
NO MATTER HOW YOU TRY, YOU ALWAYS COME BACK TO SAY YES SIR TO YOUR MASTER. THIS IS THE REASON WHY SIN IS VERY DANGEROUS. THIS IS THE REASON WHY YOU MUST HAVE ZERO TOLERANCE FOR SIN.
ONCE YOU ALLOW IT TO HAPPEN, IT BECOMES YOUR MASTER. SO IF YOU ALLOW ANGER JUST ONCE, THAT'S MORE THAN ENOUGH TO COME BACK LATER TO CONTROL YOU.
To be Continued......
I believe you have all learnt something this morning.
This is very serious. Don't take Grace for granted. If Jesus, the son of God could be slaughtered because of sin, don't think you can take the grace that sin will be forgiven to commit sin.
Don't pamper sin in your life. Rise up and fight against it. And one of the ways you can overcome and dethrone it is to have an active prayer life. After that, when next it shows its ugly head, you give him a capital NO.
An active prayer life combined with a consistent lifestyle of studying God's word will make your spirit man strong. So go ahead and give him no and become a slave to righteousness.
This message is for someone.
INSPIRED BY THE BREAD OF LIFE
WRITTEN BY AYO OMOLAYO
YOUR BROTHER IN CHRIST 🙏