© Ayo Omolayo
“Excuse me sir! Please I want to share the word of God with you! Jesus loves you sir! Is that what I am going to say?” I asked.
“Don’t worry, come with me. Just watch me as I do it. It’s very easy”, Ella said.
“But I don’t know how to learn, I mean I don’t want to know how to learn preaching! I mean how to preach learning it. What I want to say is I want to tell you to preach the learn. I mean to learn the preach as the preaching is to learn. My God! What am I even saying sef?” I exhaled.
“Juliet! This is an instruction from the Holy Ghost! Would you like to disobey it?” Susan asked.
“No! I just want to say, I mean I want to tell you that I’m not qualified. I don’t have what it takes to preach to someone”.
They all looked at each other and back to me.
Juliet why are you embarrassing yourself? Just go with them and stop all these drama.
“What makes you think you’re not qualified? I said you should come with me. I’ll teach you practically how it is done. What’s the big deal?” Ella asked.
I sighed.
“I can’t!”
“Don’t worry! The Holy Ghost will give you what to say at the hour of need. Trust him for utterance”, Charles said in a soft voice that caused my inside to melt.
Ha! Juliet! What is wrong with you? Perhaps this guy is already falling in love with you. Why don’t you accept to preach so you can give him a good impression about you.
“No I can’t! I’m a sinner! I commit sin everyday. I cannot preach the gospel. I even committed sin a few minutes ago”, I replied.
“You have been with us all these while. What kind of sin did you sneak out to go and commit? Ella asked.
Juliet na who do you sef? How did you manage to say something like this? How do I tell them I’m lusting after Charles? I have talked too much ooo!
“Don’t worry!” Charles said and took my hand.
“I’ll go with her!” He said looking into my eyes.
I felt like I was in top of the world. He touch was like heaven to me.
Hold on a second! Am I okay? What is wrong with me sef?
“I think that’s a great idea!” Ella replied.
I was only going because of Charles. If not, I just don’t want to disappoint this handsome bobo.
That was how they led me out of the house and we found ourselves in the streets. Soon, I discovered I should have been wise enough to stay home.
The group claimed they were working together. But the way they were walking up to the nearest person and preaching to them one on one is seriously telling me I needed to do the same.
I thought I was supposed to stay close to Charles. Why was Charles moving around as if I was not his partner? He is as completely lost in the conversation.
Soon, we were in a conversation with a guy and the guy called Charles into his room. They both walked in, leaving me standing outside.
I decided to take advantage of the opportunity to escape and run home.
“Why not knock and go in?” Came a suggestion.
“No oooo! Opportunity comes but once. I have to make good use of the opportunity”, I replied and turned to leave.
I didn’t care if he came out looking for me. I was not ready for convincing talk. I ran as soon as I was away from the house. I just wanted to get as quickly as I could to the house.
“Juliet!” A familiar voice called me.
I paused in my tracks and turned to see Ella and Susan.
“Where are you off to? Where is Charles?” She asked.
I pointed at the house he entered.
“He’s in there”, I answered.
“All by himself?” Susan said and ran off leaving Ella and I.
“They’ll be back, let’s go together. After all, we both initially planned to go together in the first place”, she said and took my hand.
I felt like resisting, but at the same time, I don’t know what was compelling me to go with her. She seemed as if she had the power to manipulate my will.
I just followed her like a fool. I had no idea of what was going on. Soon we arrived at someone’s door steps and she knocked.
The door opened and a a bare chested boy with tattoos all over his arms appeared at the door.
“What are you looking for?” He asked.
“Actually, we are here to share the goodnews with you. We would love to have a few minutes of your time. Please would you kindly lend us a few minutes?”
The guy looked at us like he was a hungry bear. I quickly hid myself behind Ella.
She didn’t seem afraid of this guy at all.
“Sure! What’s good about the news? Tell me the news that is good”, he replied grinning.
“Jesus Christ died for you and I. We are sinners! We were all sinners, including myself. We could not save ourselves. Sin kept us all in bondage. But Jesus came with a new life and rescued us from death.
His light was a clothing to our nakedness. We were all naked and clothed with rags”.
“Madam wait small! Are you saying I am putting on rags?” He asked, pointing at his tattered Jean trousers.
“No! That’s not what I mean. I was talking about spiritual matters. The things of the spirit are too much for the physical and carnal mind to understand”.
“Wait! Come inside, we cannot discuss this standing outside”, he said and flung the door open.
Ella took me by the hand and we both entered.
It was a one room apartment, but it was obvious the house was a temple of immoral spirits. There were pictures of girls on bikini, hanging boldly on the walls. Half naked girls to more precise.
I was already feeling aroused immediately we stepped in. It was completely clear to me that immorality was the god ruling this man.
I hated it already. I was more willing to get out of this place than sit beside Ella. What kind of a beast in human form was this guy?
He offered us chairs to sit and we both sat down. He took his position in the bed and stared at us.
I just had to find something on the ground with my eyes. The more I looked at the bare bare chested guy, the more I was aroused. What is my problem sef? Why was everything getting me aroused anyhow? It was almost as if I’m not a christian again.
I was wondering how Ella managed to keep calm and share the gospel with such a seductive boy. I had questions for her after we win this soul for Christ.
“Man! You look so beautiful!” The guy said.
I had to look up to be sure those statements came out of his mouth.
I met him staring at me with hungry eyes.
Ewooo! Na preach I come preach ooo!
“Sir! Let’s continue with the message”, Ella came to the rescue.
“God bless you my sister! It shall be well with you and your family! Your children shall be blessed!” I said within me.
“No! She’s driving me crazy”, he replied.
“Oluwa mi (My Lord)”, I stood up immediately.
“Ha! Baby! Where are you running to?” He asked grinning.
“You demon! You better give your life to Jesus! He will save you from this useless life you’re living. If you don’t repent, you will die and go to hell! Foolish man!” I said.
He started laughing which got me annoyed.
“Ella! Let’s go”, I said and pulled her up.
I turned to leave and was shocked when the door closed on its own accord.
“Jesus!” I jumped back in fright.
Was I watching Doctor Strange’s multiverse of madness? Doors closing on their own accord. What is happening? Ella! You brought me here ooo! I don’t want anything funny to happen to me ooo! I will never forgive you if something happens to me.
“Juliet! Why are you scared? The guy asked.
Now I was sure we were in big trouble. How did this guy know my name?
“Ha! There’s so much virtues in these girls! Virtues enough to make me the wealthiest man on earth. How can two teenage girls be so loaded with virtues?
Juliet! Ella! I’ll give you anything amount you want. Billions of naira! Just sell them to me”, he said looking at us like we were preys.
“You’re a liar! We would never give you what the Holy Ghost has deposited in us”, Ella replied.
“You’re a shameless dog! Open this door!” I said as I struggled with the door knob.
“I don’t have your time Ella! It’s this fool that calls herself Juliet that is my prey. She’s so powerless and ignorant. I could have gotten her on my bed in a single moment. I saw her lusting after me several times. What a pity! She doesn’t know this world is a battlefield. You thinks it’s a playground where you play with anything in trousers. Ha ha ha ha ha ha!”
Tears were already pouring down my eyes as he walked passed Ella and was coming to meet me at the door.
Have you watched a horror movie where a zombie or vampire was coming to meet you at the door and the door was the only way of escape for you. The way you would pounce on that door and almost destroy it in the name of trying to get it open. That’s exactly what was going on here.
Ella was already praying in tongues right now. I could hear her voice clearly.
“Juliet!” He called.
“You need power! Your altar is dry! There’s no fire there, all we have is charcoal! Not even coals! Charcoal! No single fire! How can a child of God refuse to be in fire for Jesus? You people are wicked!
Look at me! I’m on fire for my master! I’m destroying lives and destinies of many girls with virtues. Look!” He said and pointed at his bed.
“That bed has a record of 7 ladies of virtue within 7 days of a week. This is what I have been accomplishing for my master Lucifer!
Juliet! What have you been accomplishing?”
I sank on my knees and started crying. Ella was no longer praying in tongues anymore. She was also crying as well.
“Let me go please! I beg you! I don’t want to know anything about your fire for Lucifer! I just want to live a peaceful life. I don’t like trouble! I don’t make trouble with your kingdom. I have never caused problem for the devil! So please! Allow me be in peace”, I said in a choked up voice.
“Peace? You fool! Is it not written in your Bible? Job 14:1. Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.
You don’t need to trouble my kingdom. The fact that you were born is already trouble. Whether you offend anyone or not, life itself is war! You better go and allow the Holy Ghost train your hands to fight and your fingers to war!”
I broke down in tears. Look at what an agent of darkness was teaching me. Ha! God I’m such a disgrace! A powerless generation of believers.
“Going after your virtues is a waste of my time. I’ll send a smaller squad of our kingdom after you. Just get out of my house!” He said and the door opened by itself.
I jumped to my feet.
“Thank you sir! God bless you sir!” I said and ran off. I didn’t even wait for Ella, I just ran as quickly as my feet could carry me.
I looked back at the house and saw Ella walking at a far distance, with tears in her eyes.
“Thank you Jesus! For delivering me!” I whispered.
But my heart skipped when I remembered his last words.
“I’ll send a smaller squad of our kingdom after you”.
To be continued…….
This war is getting though!
Juliet! Juliet! Hear word ooo!
Life is not a play ground. It’s a battlefield! You don’t need to look for Satan’s trouble or trouble his kingdom before he comes after you.
Stop begging them to leave you. The devil doesn’t have mercy in his dictionary.
Go and allow the Holy Ghost to train you how to fight in prayers and with the word of God.
It’s high time, we learn to be on fire and burn down what the kingdom of darkness is doing in our territories.
This message is for someone.
