“How can I be a Child of God?” I asked Favour
“We all become children of God; specifically New born babies in Christ, the moment we become born again… We become joint heirs in the Kingdom with Christ, but overtime we grow into sons and daughters of God Who He can be proud of any-day, anytime. When you become a son, you will hear his voice and your life will be meaningful.” Favour replied…
“His voice? How can I ever hear His voice, does he speak audibly?” I asked with full interest…“Yes He does, but the best way to hear from Him is to read His Word.” Favour said “The Bible?”
“Yes…To prove your love for God, you need to obey his commands, and you can’t obey the commands that you don’t know…hence there is the need for you to know and understand the commands of God, which has been specified in the Bible.” “The Commands of God… I believe the commands you are referring to are the Ten Commandments?” I asked hoping to learn something new “Yes…but more of what you taught the teenagers…” Favour said
“What did I teach the teenagers…?” I asked
“That Christianity is summarized in two commandments, which are…?”
Favour said raising her eyebrows indicating I conclude the statement
“LOVE GOD AND LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR”
“So, Chuks to be a son of God, you must be willing to read God’s Word and
obey Him all the way, which is born out of the Love you have for God!. Also, a child not only listens to his or her father. He or She must also learn to have conversations with his or her father… Chuks, you should also learn to speak to God the way you would speak to a friend who is seated beside you…” Favour said and I laughed liking the idea that I could speak to God like that… Favour went on and on , but at the end of her talk…I knew what it meant to be a child of God….
Love God
Read His Word
Obey His Word
Communicate with Him…
And most importantly she stressed this…
“Chuks, you need to say bye to sin…you can’t say you love God and continue
in sin, because Sin is DARKNESS and God is Light…” Favour said
Favour continued “The Bible tells us that anyone who commits sin is of the
devil, so you can’t be a frequent sinner and call yourself a child of God…” I soaked all these in and I went on a 90 days spiritual journey with God…I
was in that same house. I didn’t go to any mountain, I sat with God in my
room at the Lighthouse. I came out occasionally to mingle with the
Teenagers, youths, Favour, Baba Agba and Mrs. Uyai.
On the 95th day, I was outside discussing with Ajaara about her ambition at
about 10:30pm when we heard a loud thud beside the fence. It was obvious
someone had jumped over the fence into the compound. Ajaara jumped back
in fear…
“Armed robbers?” Ajaara whispered to me….
Fear gripped my heart… Armed robbers!!!
“The girls in the House!” That was my first thought… the thought of rape
tucked at my heart…
I knew I had to do something fast. I swung into action and rushed into the
house. I didn’t know what to do, but I picked up the first thing I saw…
A cutlass…
I told Ajaara to stay in the house… I walked cautiously towards the place the
thud had come from…, but almost immediately, I heard the gate of the
Lighthouse sounding loudly like a group of persons were shaking the gate….
“Open the gate…. Open this gate now!”
To be continued
