© Ayo Omolayo
“Ella! You can’t imagine what I saw in the dream today!” I announced excitedly.
“Really?” She asked.
“Yes!”
“I’m listening!” She replied and sat down.
I narrated everything I had seen in my dream to her. She was so shocked and smiled and intervals.
“20 angels?”
“Yes! 20!” You mean they were all here? In this room?” She asked.
“Yes! Haven’t you seen them before?” I asked because I thought she was pretending.
I was surprised when she opened her mouth and told me she had never seen them before.
I felt like calling her a liar. How can someone with such a deep relationship with God have so many angels and not know about it?
“Ella, stop joking!” I said grinning.
“No! I’m serious! The only time I saw an angel last was when I was fifteen. That’s 3 years ago. I have never seen an angelic being since then”.
I was still trying to recover from the shock. But I saw God teaching me something I have never paid attention to in my life. I claimed I had no solid relationship with God. I was nothing but a waste of divine investment. But I had the ability to see visions more often.
I don’t have a solid relationship with God but I have seen Jesus several times in my dreams and visions. I see angels more often than ever.
Wow! Here I was condemning myself as the worst person on earth. But God had given me an ability that even Ella as anointed as she was, doesn’t have. Wow! God is never partial neither is he unmerciful. He still had time for a worthless girl like me. I felt like crying on the spot.
I was glad I was able to hold myself. I had questions to ask her. I wasn’t ready to miss this opportunity.
“Ella! Can I ask you a question?”
“Sure! Go ahead!”
“That time I was crying that the Holy Ghost was angry with me and was leaving. You knelt down and told him to come back. What surprised me is not that he came back. What really surprised me was what you said before praying to God to come back.
You said that God cannot resist your voice. You were like, once God hears your voice, he must answer you.
I’m amazed. I mean, how could you be that deep in a relationship with God? A realm where God can easily recognize your voice. I mean, he knows your voice so much that he will be able to detect when you’re calling him and respond immediately.
I would love to know how you arrived here? Please can you teach me how to become like you? How to be so much in love with Jesus that he becomes my darling”.
I could see her smiling as I spoke.
“Juliet! Intimacy with the Holy Spirit is not something you build in one day. It takes so many days, weeks, months and years of consistency to build what I have. You must be ready to be consistent in the place of prayers.
For God to become so familiar with your voice? You must be a person of the presence. Let me tell you something. Consistent appearance before God, gives you easy access to him. That’s a secret. The more you always appear before God, the more easier it would be for you to get him to attend to you.
Malachi 3:18 Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.
There’s always a distinction. While others are busy screaming ‘God where are you!’ You’re only whispering to the Holy Ghost and he’s replying you immediately.
Soon there was a knock on the door interrupting our bible class.
“Ella! Ella! It’s Charles!” Susan said from behind the door.
“Charles!” Ella jumped to her feet and raced out of the room like Jerry whenever he was being chased by Tom.
What was going on? Why would Ella be so excited to hear the name Charles? And who was this Charles?
I stood up and walked out of the room. I gently followed the staircase down and met the two girls chatting happily with a guy. I was yet to see the face of this guy but hearing his voice alone made my insides melt.
Wow! This guy must be so charming or should I say, enchanting. I love pretty boys. I enjoyed stealing glances at fine looking guys, especially when they were not looking.
Soon I was standing beside the sofa where they all sat down lost in their gist.
“Charles, please meet Juliet!” Susan introduced me.
Thank God she was able to at least see me. Because the guy was too handsome to behold.
The guy whose back was turned to me, looked at me eye ball to eye ball for the first time. I felt like it was love at first sight.
I looked into his eyes and couldn’t understand why I felt so much about him. He was breath taking. Handsome is an understatement. I don’t know how to describe him abeg! So don’t asked me to give you the details on his physiques.
Let me manage to say, he was broad chested, lanky, tall, fair in complexion and had a dimple on his left cheek.
“Nice meeting you Julie”, he said and stretched his hand towards me for a hand shake.
Hold on a second! Did this slay King just call me Julie? Wow! What a handsome guy with a cute voice! I just couldn’t take my eyes off the beautiful guy!
Wait a second Juliet! What’s wrong with you? Are you supposed to be lusting after a guy? No wait a minute this isn’t lusting! This is admiring! But if it’s just admiration, why am I feeling aroused?
Stop it Juliet! Be serious! But who knows, I could be falling in love with this guy!
You need serious deliverance ooo! Your head no correct! Someone you just met, you’re falling in love abi? What’s even wrong with me?
“Juliet!” Ella and Susan called in unison.
“What?” I asked as I came back from my world of fantasy.
“You’re leaving his hand hanging”, Ella replied.
“Oh! I’m so happy! I mean sorry about that! Please find a place in your heart to forgive me. I know there’s always space in your heart, just make do with the little space left. All I need is the least accomodation that would sponsor my forgiveness”.
“Juliet!” Ella called.
“What?”
“You’re still leaving his hand hanging!” Susan replied.
“Jesus! What’s wrong with me?” I asked rhetorically and shook hands with him.
“Nice to meet you too Charlie!” I said with a broad grin on my face.
“What made you take so long to shake my hand?” He asked.
Ha! Why was he asking na? How do I answer this kind of wicked question? This guy knew I was falling for him and only planned to embarrass me further. That was the attitude of most guys. When they know a lady had a crush on them, they would enjoy the attention and end up embarrassing the lady. Men are evil!
“That’s not important! Let’s go to the main reason why you’re here!” Susan said, bailing me from further embarrassment.
Thank you Susy baby! I love you darling!
Charles cleared his throat and sat up on the sofa. I sat beside him as I could not continue standing. Actually, I felt like I was the luckiest lady on earth to sit beside such a cute fellow.
“Actually, it’s Dennis!”
“Dennis?” Ella asked.
“Yes Dennis!”
“What happened to him this time?” Susan asked.
I was just looking at them, enjoying the fact that I was free to stare at the handsome Demi god.
“He’s gone back to his vomit. I visited him last week and met him with the old gang, smoking and drinking in the sitting room”.
“Oh my goodness!” Ella exclaimed with her hand over her mouth.
“Jesus please! Don’t allow the devil to win the battle over his soul!” Susan prayed.
“I don’t know what happened, but what he told me was really shocking. I reminded him that he had given his life to Jesus, that his life now belonged to him. Do you know the answer he gave me?”
“No sir!” The girls answered in unison.
“I have collected it back”.
“Haa! Jesus! Show that boy mercy!” Ella screamed.
Soon, the whole place was silent. No one said anything. Everyone was just in their moody state. I decided to do something to make the place lively.
“That’s his problem! Some people are too unserious with their walk with God! They would tell them to pray, they won’t pray. Read bible, I’m too tired. Fast, belle dey turn me. Why won’t they end up falling into the waiting arms of the devil. Lazy and unserious Christians!” I said and started laughing.
You know that slap you receive indirectly when you tell a joke and nobody is laughing? That was the kind of slap I received. Ha! Are these people humans? Where is their sense of humour?
“Juliet weldone ooo! Iya (Mama) serious christian. So you’re now the serious Christian abi? You hypocrite!” Came the rebuking voice of the Holy Ghost.
“But at least I’m trying! I still have time to pray. I still read my bible. I’m better than most Christians out there”, I replied in self defense.
“Clap for yourself!” He replied.
I knew I better accept the fact that I was judging others and I’m being judged by God. I have condemned someone and now, he was condemning me.
“Can we go down on our knees and pray for this lost sheep of God?” Susan asked.
“The spirit is one! That was exactly what I was thinking”, Ella said.
“Me too! I was about to say that”, Charles replied.
“Juliet! Please feel free to join us in this prayer”, Susan said and we all knelt down and started praying in the Holy Ghost.
Nobody gave a prayer point. The burden they were feeling was too heavy. They were already lost in the weight of the burden to pray.
I opened my mouth and began to pray.
“Father I thank you! I bless your holy name!”
Soon, my eyes opened and caught prince charming praying.
“Wow! What a cute guy!” I said within me, grinning.
“As we are praying”, said Charles.
“I saw the King of glory sitting upon his throne. He said that I should tell you all that this world would have been a better place, if only believers can pray. We have been too careless and lazy!
Witches and sorcerers attend their evil meetings every night! Planning how to do more damage in our society. But we the believers are just too lazy to kneel down and pray every night. When are we going to take our territory seriously?”
The prayers changed gear! Susan screamed aloud and threw herself on the floor. Ella increased her praying fervency.
I just shook my head and began to cry.
“We are here praying. Someone is seeing Jesus sitting on his throne. Me, I’m busy seeing a cute and handsome bobo. I’m a stupid girl. People are seeing visions! Me, I’m seeing boys! Who has blinded my eyes?”
I began to weep so much that everyone would have left their prayers and attend to me. But these guys were lost in their prayers. Nobody had my time. I’m such a distracted fellow.
“Brethren! The Lord just told me now that we should all carry our bibles and go out right now for evangelism!” Ella announced.
“You say wetin?” I asked within me.
To be continued……..
You people should pray for Juliet ooo! Her village people dey worry her!
A lot of Christians are in habit of judging others. Many of us don’t know that the reason why our families and territories are under bondage is because of our laziness in the place of prayer.
Ezekiel 22:30 And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.
If only you can get angry and pray, that your brother smoking can become a pastor tomorrow. If only you can get angry and pray, that your annoying mother with a terrible character can repent and apologize to you.
We have wasted so much time and the devil has used it to wreck so much havock.
It’s time to arise and stand in the gap for our territories!
