© Ayo Omolayo
I woke up to the sound of a mosquito flying across my ears. I jumped up immediately. Silas had opted to watch over me till I slept. He used a book to fan me till sleep took me. I was now alone in the room.
That was truly sacrificial of him. I never would have slept without that act of kindness. The heat and mosquitoes were so discomforting.
At last I was able to sleep. I looked for my phone to know what time it was. Soon the alarm started ringing. I discovered I had woken up a few seconds to my quiet time.
“Daddy, do we still spend time with each other here in the village?” I asked.
“WHY NOT? DIDN’T YOU SPEND TIME WITH SILAS HERE IN THE VILLAGE?”
“I know, but I’m not in my house. I didn’t know we are still going to do quiet time in the village”.
“DID YOU GIST WITH YOUR HUSBAND IN THE VILLAGE? YES OR NO?
“Yes! How can I do without speaking with my Prince Charming?” I answered grinning.
“SO WHAT AM I TO YOU?”
“My first love! My true love! My sweet Daddy! The Daddy that loved me unconditionally, when there was no Silas to show me love. You brought Silas into my life. I must not allow him be your replacement”.
“THAT’S IT CRIS! ANYWHERE YOU GO, I’M ALWAYS THERE. SO WHETHER YOU’RE IN THE VILLAGE OR A CAMPUS STUDENT. WHEREVER YOU GO! I’M ALWAYS WITH YOU. QUIET TIME DOES NOT STOP BECAUSE YOU CHANGED LOCATION. ALOT OF BELIEVERS ARE FOND OF DOING THAT.
THEY CHANGE LOCATION ABD THAT WAS THE END OF FASTING. THAT WAS THE END OF THEIR PRAYER LIFE. EVERYTHING ABOUT THEIR SPIRITUAL LIVES DRIED UP IMMEDIATELY. WHY?
THEY CONCLUDE THAT THEY CAN ONLY PRAY IN THAT ROOM THEY USUALLY PRAY. THEY CONCLUDE THEY CAN ONLY FAST IN THAT HOUSE THEY USUALLY FAST. THE MOMENT THEY CHANGE LOCATION, THEY EMBARK ON WHAT I CALL SPIRITUAL HOLIDAY.
NO MORE PRAYERS. NO MORE QUIET TIME. NO MORE PERSONAL BIBLE STUDY. EVERYTHING ABOUT THEIR PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD BECOMES A THING OF THE PAST.
NO! IT OUGHT NOT TO BE SO. THIS IS A RELATIONSHIP. AND ONE THING THAT STRENGTHENS A RELATIONSHIP IS CONSISTENT COMMUNICATION. THE DAY YOUR COMMUNICATION WITH GOD STARTS GOING DOWN, THAT’S THE DAY YOU BARGAIN TO BACKSLIDE.
SO CRIS, IF YOU COULD STILL SPEND TIME WITH YOUR CHARMING SILAS IN THIS REMOTE PLACE. WHY WON’T YOU CREATE TIME FOR GOD?”
AT LEAST WE USUALLY MAKE OUT TIME TO DO WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT TO US. SO IF GOD IS SO IMPORTANT TO YOU, WON’T YOU CREATE TIME TO SPEND WITH HIM?”
“Yes sir!” I answered.
“CAN YOU IMAGINE? I WON’T HEAR THE VOICE OF THE GIRL I LOVE SO MUCH THIS MORNING! WHAT’S THE MEANING OF THAT?”
“I’m sorry sir!” I apologized smiling.
“YOU BETTER BE SORRY! IF NOT, I WOULD HAVE SENT SILAS HERE TO BEAT YOU THE WAY SUSAN BEAT YOU THAT DAY”.
I started laughing.
“Daddy, I know you won’t forget that one. You always remember how I ran out of the bed to escape her painful slap. Chai! Mummy Susan can beat somebody oooo! I hope she wasn’t a boxer”.
“YES OOOO! A BOXER THAT PUNCHES SPIRITUAL LAZY BONES LIKE YOU”, He said admist laughter.
I began my quiet time with worship songs and then moved over to thanksgiving. I found myself thanking God the more.
I tried to pray in tongues, but found myself switching into words of thanksgiving. I tried it thrice and found myself praying in words. So I decided to enjoy the flow. Thanking God for everything.
“God I thank you for my parents in law. I thank you for their dramatic behavior yesterday.
I thank you for everything you have done for me through them. I thank you for using them to point out the careless attitude in me. I thank you for using them to tell me that it’s not good to drop the food of the elderly people on the ground.
I thank you for using them to teach me it not good to get up when your in laws have not told you to get up. God, I thank you because yesterday’s lessons were wonderful. Unknown to them, they were teaching me how to be a good and submissive wife, just as I’ve always wanted to be”.
I was shocked at the prayers I was praying sef. I can’t believe all I was seeing was goodness out of the insults my parents dished out on me. This was truly the forgiving nature of God at work in me. Thank you so much Lord Jesus.
After a while, I sat down to read my Bible. I was not with my Bible study journal to continue with the topic I was reading. So I asked the Holy Spirit to show me any place in the Bible he wants me to study.
I was flipping the pages, when my eyes were drawn to a highlighted verse.
“Isaiah 30:21 And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left”.
I nod my head and exhaled.
“Daddy, what does this scripture mean? Open my understanding dear Lord!” I whispered.
“CRIS THERE IS SOMETHING CALLED SPIRITUAL EAR BUD. THAT’S WHAT THAT SCRIPTURE IS TALKING ABOUT. SPIRITUAL EAR BUD IS A DIMENSION OF HEARING FROM GOD THAT FLOWS WITHOUT INTERRUPTION.
THIS IS MEANT TO GIVE YOU INSTRUCTIONS WHEN YOU’RE ON A MISSION. ESPECIALLY ON AN ASSIGNMENT THAT NEED THE PROGRESSIVE INSTRUCTIONS FROM YOUR SPIRITUAL COMMANDER, WHICH IS THE HOLY GHOST”.
“Wow! From spiritual navigation to spiritual ear bud. I have never heard of this before”.
“YES CRIS! BECAUSE IN ORDER TO NAVIGATE PROPERLY, YOU MUST PLUG THE SPIRITUAL EAR BUD TO YOUR EARS AND ALWAYS HERE WHATEVER THE COMMANDER HAS TO SAY. IF HE SAYS, ‘GO LEFT’. YOU MOVE IMMEDIATELY. IF HE SAYS, ‘TURN AROUND AND TAKE THE STREET ON YOUR RIGHT’. YOU DO THAT IMMEDIATELY.
THAT’S HOW IT OPERATES. THESE SPIRITUAL EAR BUD HELPS YOU FOLLOW THE PROGRESSIVE INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT WHENEVER YOU’RE IN A SITUATION WHERE YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO”.
“Daddy! How do I get this Spiritual ability?”
“FIRST YOU PRAY FOR IT. SECONDLY, YOU PUT YOUR HUMAN WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING ASIDE. ALOT OF BELIEVERS ARE BRINGING COMMON SENSE INTO CHRISTIANITY. IT DOESN’T WORK THAT WAY. COMMON SENSE IN CHRISTIANITY DOESN’T WORK.
THE WISDOM OF GOD IS ALWAYS FOOLISHNESS TO MEN AND THE WISDOM OF MEN IS FOOLISHNESS TO GOD. IMAGINE GOD TELLING ABRAHAM TO SACRIFICE ISAAC HIS ONLY SON. DOES THAT MAKE ANY SENSE?
IF YOU SIT MEN DOWN AND TELL THEM THIS IS WHAT GOD TOLD ME TO DO. IF THEY BRING THEIR WISDOM, THAT IS THE COMMON SENSE AND WISDOM OF MEN, INTO REASONING. THEY WOULD END UP TELLING YOU THAT IT WASN’T GOD THAT SPOKE TO YOU IN THE FIRST PLACE, BUT A DEMON.
DOES GOD COLLECT HUMAN SACRIFICE? WHEN DID GOD START ASKING FOR THE BLOOD OF YOUR CHILDREN LIKE MOLECH AND ALL THOSE BLOOD SUCKING IDOLS?
BRO, GO AND SLEEP. THAT WAS NOT GOD SPEAKING. BUT YOU KNEW IT WAS GOD, BECAUSE IT’S NOT YOUR FIRST TIME OF HEARING HIM SPEAK. THAT’S WHAT I MEAN CRIS.
YOU MUST BE READY TO HAVE THE HEART OF A CHILD. THAT’S WHY JESUS SAID THAT UNTIL YOU BECOME AS LITTLE CHILDREN, YOU WILL NEVER GET TO THE KINGDOM OF GOD.
CHILDREN HAVE ONE SPECIAL QUALITY THAT ADULTS DON’T HAVE. CHILDREN BELIEVE WHATEVER THEY ARE TOLD BY THEIR FATHER. ADULTS WILL LIKE TO INVESTIGATE AND ARGUE WITH GOD. TRY TO PLAN FOR GOD AND TELL HIM THIS MY PLAN MAKES SENSE MORE THAN THE PLAN YOU HAVE CRAFTED OUT FOR ME.
THAT’S WHY IN ORDER TO WALK WITH GOD, HAVE THE HEART OF A CHILD. BELIEVE WHATEVER GOD SAYS EVEN WHEN YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND. THAT’S ANOTHER ISSUE I HAVE WITH ALOT OF BELIEVERS.
ABRAHAM DID NOT UNDERSTAND WHY I TOLD HIM TO KILL HIS ONLY SON. BUT HE WENT AHEAD TO OBEY ME. TODAY ALOT OF BELIEVERS WOULD START ASKING ME TO EXPLAIN MYSELF. TO TELL THEM WHY I GAVE THEM THAT INSTRUCTION.
AM I SAYING IT’S WRONG TO ASK GOD QUESTIONS? OF COURSE NOT! BUT THERE’S A PROUD ATTITUDE IN THEM THAT MAKES ME ANGRY WHENEVER THEY ASK ME QUESTIONS. THEY WILL SAY THAT THEY CANNOT OBEY THAT INSTRUCTION, UNTILL THEY UNDERSTAND IT. I MEAN, THEY WANT TO FIRST OF ALL EXPLAIN WHY I GAVE THEM THE INSTRUCTIONS, OR ELSE, TO HELL WITH MY INSTRUCTIONS.
THAT’S A PROUD ATTITUDE IN BELIEVERS TODAY. IT’S WHILE YOU ARE OBEYING ME THAT YOU CAN ASK, ‘ DADDY, PLEASE OH! DON’T BE OFFENDED. WHY DID YOU TELL ME TO DO THIS? I’M JUST OBEYING YOU BECAUSE I HAVE TO. BUT I DON’T UNDERSTAND’.
THAT’S A HUMBLE CHRISTIAN. THAT KIND OF PERSON WILL DRAW MY ATTENTION FASTER, THAN THE OTHER ONE WHO IS TRYING TO ARGUE WITH GOD.
JUST OBEY! JUST OBEY! IS THE WAY! GOD’S WAY. WHEN HIS MESSAGE COMES TO YOU, THERE IS BUT ONE THING TO DO. JUST OBEY, JUST OBEY!”
CRIS! THERE IS NOTHING AS SWEET AS OBEDIENCE. WHEN ABRAHAM SACRIFICED HIS ONLY SON. AH! I WAS SO EXCITED THAT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE BIBLE, I SWORE!
I MEAN I SWORE BY MYSELF! BECAUSE I WAS SO HAPPY. HE OBEYED ME TO THE LAST COMMAND. HEAVEN WAS WATCHING THIS MAN. AS HE GOT TO THE MOUNTAIN.
WE WERE ALL WATCHING ABRAHAM. WILL HE CHANGE HIS MIND? WILL HE TURN BACK? WILL HE SPARE HIS SON?
ABRAHAM TIED UP HIS SON. MY HEART LEAPT. PLACED HIM ON THE ALTAR. WE WERE LIKE, WAIT OOO. CAN THIS REALLY BE HAPPENING?
RAISED HIS HAND AND IN HIS HEART SLAUGHTERED HIS SON. THE SON HE LOVED SO MUCH. I QUICKLY SIGNALLED THE ANGEL TO STOP HIM FROM DOING IT PHYSICALLY”.
I went down on my knees and began to pray aggressively.
“Daddy! Give me that anointing Abraham had. That grace Abraham carried! Abraham was a Father of faith. He believed everything God told him. Look at me over here! I call myself a daughter of Abraham, but I am so full of doubt!
Daddy give me that grace my father, Abraham carried. Give me that spiritual ear bud. Let my obedience challenge you to swear in my life. Let my obedience move you to tears like Abraham’s obedience did.
Let the hosts of heaven applaud as a daughter submits to God completely and shames the devil. God give me that grace! On my own I am nothing! On my own, I will fail!
The bible says in Romans 9:16. it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.
Show me mercy Lord! Help me win my race! Show me mercy! Help me obey you completely. Spiritual ear bud, where are you? Be activated right now!”
I prayed fervently for almost an hour. Suddenly I began to feel cold sensations all over my body. I shivered as goose bumps rose on my skin.
I knew something was happening to me as I sensed the spiritual energy in the room. I bowed my head to the ground.
“Do your work on my spirit Lord. Let my spiritual ears be activated.
Isaiah 50:5 The Lord GOD hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away back.
Help me not to rebel against you and block my spiritual ears. Help me not to turn back and lose my spiritual ear bud”.
To be continued….
Brethren, quiet time does not stop because you travelled.
Let me tell you a Spiritual secret. The day you feel too tired to observe your quiet time is the day you seriously need to observe it.
Look at the revelation from the throne of grace that was supposed to visit Cris. But she was about to lose it in the name of LET ME REST TODAY. I’M IN THE VILLAGE. THERE’S NO NEED TO OBSERVE MY QUIET TIME.
SPIRITUAL HOLIDAY! God hates it so much.
Hebrews 10:38 Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
Don’t be a Christian that draws back at the slightest difficulty. You have started the journey, so keep running.
