THE JESUS SLAY QUEENS 2
Episode 84
© Ayo Omolayo
I was trying to catch an early morning sleep. Remember I was not supposed to sleep till dawn. I had spent the entire night with God and right now, I was trying to sleep as I won't be going to work untill late in the afternoon. I had planned putting my phone on silent, but I forgot to do so. I was awake on the bed for what looked like one hour. From one thought to another, until my eyes became heavy.
I was almost sleeping off when the sound of my phone ringing, took sleep away from me. I was so angry and blame myself for not putting it on silent.
"Who is disturbing me for goodness sake?" I pick the phone about to busy the call when I saw the caller's ID. I froze at recognition. It was Romeo calling. It has been five days since he disappeared without a trace. All attempts to get across to him were futile. I didn't make any move to try and contact him, because I was banned from doing so. I didn't tell anyone to help me contact him. I choose to forget about him and threw myself into God's hands.
For what looked like days, it seemed as though I had forgotten he exists. I was seriously happy with the change that was happening in my spirit. I was more interested in my relationship with God than hearing from Romeo. My emotions were under control and I found myself smiling often.
Back then when we were younger, there was something mummy used to teach us. She told us whenever your spiritual life is becoming fervent, one of the things the devil will apply to distract you from concentrating on your relationship with God, is bringing a guy.
How many of you have noticed that whenever you started taking your relationship with God seriously, that's when that guy you've always admired starts noticing you. That guy that you always wish to notice your but never did, will suddenly get attracted to you.
Mummy calls it the distraction formula. A formula of darkness meant to ensure ladies are unable to make progress in their walk with God. It is an attack system that makes ladies to focus on the love of a man than the love of God. Instead of pouring themselves into that relationship that matters, to crave for a boyfriend.
And if they were supposed to enter into a spiritual rank by two months time. Satan will successfully waste 5 months out of their life, making them to start afresh. So whenever they get back to God, they will start from the scratch. That's if they are able to get back to God, because many of them end up losing their virginity.
The truth about it is that, the more you chase God, the more the things of Life chase you. But you must learn to give priority to God when things of life begin to submit themselves to you. If not they will successfully pull you away from your secret place and distract you from serving him.
This has also led to the reason why God withholds blessing some faithful people. God needs to bring them to a state where nothing can take them away from his presence, before blessing them. And the more they keep failing the little test god throws at them the more God is forced to wait.
So you might be praying for breakthrough and God gives you an Android. He has a bigger plan but decided to open the way and make you have that phone. Suddenly, that phone becomes the reason why you sleep late at night and forget to study the word. So that phone becomes the reason why you are skipping your prayer time. You start chatting so late in the night that even when you want to pray, you are too tired to do so.
She said this is one of the strategies the devil uses to lure many ladies away from their secret place. I saw this happen so many times in my life. Whenever I was getting more deeper in my relationship with God, a loving Prince charming appears. The kind of guy I love, the one that I can't resist, will show up. Instead of me to advance into higher realms in the spirit, I'll be fighting lust. By the time I'm able to overcome, time has been lost.
So I decided to do something to myself. I decided to only enter a relationship when I was ready to get married. And I decided whoever was coming for a relationship must be ready for marriage . Whoever is coming for boyfriend and girlfriend is a joker. This helped me to stay focused and the fact that I was going to get married made me not to jump into relationships.
That was when I discovered boys always chasing me everywhere. I began to receive proposals every month. But my principles kept me. I saw a lot of distractions, love messages, incessant disturbance from passionate guys. Some of them I had to block, when it seemed the ears on their skull was no longer functioning. Leave me alone, they don't understand.
I was seeing the same teaching replaying itself. I decided against picking his call and returned the phone. The call rang till it stopped. I covered myself with the blanket and adjust my sleeping position. I closed my eyes and wanted to resume my sleep when the phone roared.
I knew this conversation had to happen. This will not be the first time he would call me like this. Once he calls and I don't pick, he'll not stop calling until I pick. If I was going to have my sleep, I need to answer this guy.
"Hello!"
"Hi!"
"How are you?" I asked.
"I'm fine!"
"That's good!"
"Okay!"
"Please I was trying to sleep when you called and I need my sleep. So can we leave this discussion till later in the day?"
"I am sorry! I'm sorry for leaving the way I did the other day!"
"And I'm sorry for chasing you away the other day. I think we are good to go, so bye!"
"Haaaaaaaa! I knew I really hurt your feelings and I am here to apologize."
"You saw my calls right?"
"I did!"
"You weren't sleeping when I called?"
"No!"
"Your hands were not stuck to glue when I called?"
"Mama! I'm sorry!"
"Hey, don't call me that!"
"Okay ma!"
"Don't address me as ma!"
"Okay Juliet!"
"I've told you that no matter how emotional you are, you must learn to control it and speak when you're mentor is trying to strike a conversation. But it's okay! I'm no longer willing to know the reason why you left. You were telling me something and you suddenly walked away without completing what you were saying, but it's alright. We give glory to God.
"I'm sorry! I'm on my knees right now as I speak. Please find a space in your heart to forgive me."
"I have forgiven you already!"
"But you are not sounding like you have forgiven me!"
"How am I supposed to sound?"
"You're supposed to sound like Juliet Anderson. You're sounding like a grumpy old lady!" He said and burst into laughter.
What? This guy was daring! The Romeo I know would never crack a joke when I was angry. What's going on? Who gave him the guts to laugh when I was angry?
"Are you laughing at me?"
"No Julie! I was just trying to explain to you that you sound like a grumpy old lady!"
Is this guy playing with me or what? Do I look like somebody you joke with?
"Romeo!" I called authoritatively.
"Sir! Oh sorry! Ma! Sorry! Juliet!"
"Are you taking me for a fool?"
"Not at all! And in fact since I was missing you I decided to come to your place to see you. You can come downstairs and meet me waiting for you with your dad."
Wait! What was going on? Why was he ignoring the fact that I was angry? And my dad was there listening to our conversation?
"ARE YOU SURE YOU ARE ANGRY OR YOU ARE JUST PRETENDING?"
"Daddy this guy is sounding audacious. I need to teach him a lesson. I need to prove to him that I am the mentor and his the spiritual son."
"WELDONE!"
"So get dressed, take your bath and style your hair in that style I love so much. I'll be taking you out this morning." Romeo said.
"Daddy can you see how is treating me? He didn't even request if I would go out with him. It's just deciding everything without my approval."
"I THOUGHT YOU WERE THE ONE SAYING HE WAS A COWARD. YOU BETTER COMPLY BEFORE I CHANGE MY MIND."
"That day I asked for your husband, not a boss. I'm not liking this bossy attitude."
"LET'S BE HONEST, TO YOU AND MY SON WHO HAS BEEN BOSSY?"
"Daddy stop na! I know I'm the bossy one, but at least let him treat me with respect. He's just imposing whatever he wants on me. He's not seeking for my opinion. I told him I was about going to bed when he called and right now, he's telling me is taking me out. Can you see he doesn't care about my feelings?"
"OKAY! LET ME HELP YOU OUT."
"Are you coming or not?" Romeo asked.
"IS THAT BETTER?"
"Daddy I don't understand!"
"YOU SAID HE'S NOT ASKING YOUR OPINION IF YOU WANT TO GO OUT OR NOT. I JUST TOLD HIM TO ASK YOU AND HE HAS DONE THAT."
"Wait daddy I don't understand. You're talking with me here and you're also talking with him over there? How are you able to do that?"
"I'M NOT A MAN! I AM GOD. I AM OMNIPRESENT. I'M GIVING YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS YOUR OPINION. GIVE MY SON THE ANSWER, SO THAT I WILL EITHER TELL HIM TO START GOING HOME OR TAKE YOU OUT."
"Daddy small small na! See the way you people are rushing me? A woman needs time to think!" I said smiling.
"JULIET IT'S OBVIOUS YOU'RE SO CONFUSED RIGHT NOW. YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT YOU WANT. RIGHT NOW, YOU'RE SAYING HE'S NOT ASKING ABOUT YOUR OPINION, THE NEXT MINUTE, YOU'RE SAYING YOU NEED TIME TO THINK. SEE MY BOY WAS HAVING A RETREAT AND I TOLD HIM TO COME AND TAKE YOU OUT. IF YOU DO NOT ANSWER HIM, I WILL TAKE HIM AWAY AND BEFORE HE'LL BE BACK, IT WILL BE IN THE NEXT 3 MONTHS.
SO ARE YOU GOING OUT WITH MY SON OR NOT?"
"Haaaaaaaa! Daddy why are you doing me like this na?"
"WHAT DID I DO AGAIN?"
"You're not pampering me! You're just treating me as if I don't have feelings!" I said and made playful sobs.
"OH! SORRY DEAR! DON'T CRY MY BABY!"
"Daddy sing for me so I will stop crying!ni said and he burst into laughter.
"Daddy sing na!"
"OKAY! JULIE IS A GOOD GIRL EI EI EI EI OOOO!"
"Awnnnnnn! I'm blushing here!" I said and hid my face in my palms , while daddy laughed harder.
"Juliet, are you coming?"
"Yes I am coming!" I said as I jumped off the bed and started arranging it. I ended the call and rushed to the bathroom to take my bath.
I put on one of my red-flowering gown, a mermaid style gown that covered my legs. I put on my heels and took a bad that matched. I sat down in front of the mirror and styled my hair that style Romeo usually loves. He always teases me whenever I styled my hair that way, telling me he likes it.
I checked myself seven times on the mirror. And when I was satisfied with my looks, I took a walk down the stairs.
My dad was sitting b-side Romeo on the sofa. I saw the smile on his face when he saw me.
"You look breathtaking!" Romeo said.
See the way butterflies started flying in my stomach. My legs were shaking as if the ground should swallow me.
Romeo stood up and held at his hand.
"Shall we?"
I felt on top of the world.
"SEEK YE FIRST THE KINGDOM OF GOD AND HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS AND EVERY OTHER THINGS SHALL BE ADDED TO YOU." Was the scripture that echoed in my heart.
"Wow! I started pursuing God and now, my man was pursuing me!"
To be Continued........
Have you noticed this in your spiritual journey with God? Whenever you begin to make progress something comes up that pulls you back to the scratch.
Sometimes, it comes in form of relationship and sometimes it comes in form of past addictions. The things you have left behind, you begin to visit them again.
The more you begin to rise in the spirit room the more you are a threat to Satan's agenda. He will do everything in his power to ensure he stops you.
You may be a young lady fighting for attention. You got to realise that life is more than having guys around you. You decided to spend your life knowing God and his purpose for your life. Immediately you started knowing God and enjoying intimacy with the Holy Ghost, Satan shows up.
All those boys who were treating you like trash, suddenly fight for your attention. You become a celebrity around guys. And the most tempting part of it is, the devil will bring the kind of guys you love so much.
And along the way distract you from your purpose and relationship with God. You start spending your time and energy maintaining a relationship. Soon, you'll begin to realize the enemy came for your spiritual altar.
By the way, Romeo and Juliet are going out.
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Daddy is singing for his baby and she's blushing anyhow! This girl can be annoying and sweet the next minute.
INSPIRED BY THE BREAD OF LIFE
WRITTEN BY AYO OMOLAYO
YOUR BROTHER IN CHRIST 🙏