© Ayo Omolayo
I opened the door to find Angela staring at me. The Angela that was responsible for all the pain I went through. The Angela that led me into the trap of the enemy.
Immediately I saw her, my heart boiled with hatred for her.
“What do you want?”
“What do you want me to want? We want you and we will have you whether you like it or not!”
“You’re not serious! I thought you have something reasonable to say. But since you came here to speak trash, then get out of my face.”
Something told my she was up to something. I was sensing my spirit within calling my attention, but I was so full of bitterness right now that I was ignoring the whispers of the Holy Ghost.
“So it’s true that you’re still alive. I was so shocked when the news came. You are lucky I was not the one with the knife. I would have slit your throat.” She said with a mischievous grin.
Anger boiled within me and I wanted to lash at her.
I don’t know how the Holy Ghost managed to cross the boundaries of my resistance and interrupt my thoughts.
“JULIET STOP! THEY SENT HER TO MAKE YOU QUARREL. HER JOB IS TO DELIBERATELY PROVOKE YOU SO YOU’LL END UP WASTING THE FASTING YOU JUST DID.
WHENEVER YOU’RE IN A FASTING PROGRAM, AVOID QUARRELING WITH ANYONE. THIS IS ONE OF THE STRATEGY THE ENEMY USES TO MAKE BELIEVERS WASTE THEIR TIME. THEY HAVE SEEN THE EFFECTS OF YOUR PRAYERS SPIRITUALLY AND THEY HAVE COME TO WATER EVERYTHING DOWN.
YOU’LL BE HELPING THEM ACHIEVE THIS PURPOSE IF YOU START A QUARREL WITH THEM. SO PLEASE, DON’T GIVE IN!”
I was wowed! This was all a trap. With Angela around, everything is always a trap.
“You’re not saying anything?” She asked.
“What do you want me to say? Do you have any particular words you want to put in my mouth?” I asked.
“No! But I just told you that I would slit your throat. I thought you were supposed to….,…” She stammered.
“To what?” I asked.
“Nothing!”
“Okay! Goodbye!” I said and made to shut the door.
“Wait!” She said and held the door from closing.
“What?”
“Do you know the reason why you’re going to lose?”
“DON’T LISTEN TO WHAT SHE WANTS TO SAY! YOU WON’T BE ABLE TO BEAR IT! CLOSE THE DOOR NOW! BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE!”
“Juliet why are you running? Are you afraid of what I will do to you?” She asked smiling.
In order to prove to her that I wasn’t afraid of her I decided to fling the door open.
“You know what I can do. That’s why you are so bent on running.”
She burst into laughter.
“JULIET! CLOSE THIS DOOR NOW!” Cane the strong warning.
I quickly pushed her back and shut the door. I bolted it and moved away from the door.
I heard her banging the door. I was still boiling with anger. I made to rush at the door and ask her what was wrong with her. But immediately I took the step, something pauses my legs.
I knew what it was. This was not the first time I was having this kind of experience. That was something my dad taught me. Whenever I’m about to rush to take an action and I suddenly feel a restraint in my spirit. It was a sign that God was giving me his disapproval.
I quickly stepped back and exhaled. She was still knocking, but in my heart I was thanking God for the deliverance. I was almost giving in to anger and falling into the trap of the enemy, but God in his mercies came to my rescue. That was awesome. I sat down on the sofa and place my headphones in my ears as she was not stopping her incessant knocks.
I looked for one Apostle Joshua Selman’s message and plugged it to my ears. I was out of this world. I was praying along with the prayer points he was giving.
The message was about to start and the Apostle was just giving the opening charge and calling prayer points.
It was a phone call that brought me back to reality. I was even angry, but when I saw the caller, I quickly answered the phone.
“Hello Romeo!” I greeted with shock on my face.
“Please open the door! We have been knocking for a long time now!” He said.
“We?” I asked as I rushed to open the door and found Romeo and my two sisters in their uniforms.
They all attended different schools so they were all on different school uniforms.
“Juliet what happened na?” Ella asked frowning.
“Can’t you see she’s using earpiece?” Susan said pointing at my ears.
I quickly took them off.
“I’m so sorry! Please forgive me!” I apologized.
“No ooo! You’ll pay dearly for it!” Ella said as she walked past me. I quickly caught her hand and jumped on her back. We almost fell on the ground.
“Jesus! Juliet come down please! Do you want to kill me? I have not eaten since morning and you’re giving me a bag of cement to carry!” She shouted.
“No! Until you forgive me!” I said holding on to her.
She released herself and we both landed on the floor, but I didn’t release her. I wrapped my legs around her still on the floor.
“Juliet stop this your rough play na!” She complained as she struggled to get up but to no avail.
“Until you forgive me!” I said laughing.
Romeo stood watching our drama.
“See Romeo is here. He cane to see you! Go and attend to your visitor.”
Susan was just laughing at us.
“No ooo! It’s you before Romeo. I met you before I met Romeo, so Romeo can wait.
Afterall the bible says if you want to offer an offering to God and you discover you have a misunderstanding with your neighbour or a friend. Leave the offering first. Run down to look for the friend and settle your misunderstanding with the person. Then you can come back to the church and offer your offering so that it will be accepted by God.
So I am fulfilling scripture here.”
“But you’re not doing donation here na!”
“Speaking with Romeo about god is an offering of my service to God. And since I have a misunderstanding with my sister, I cannot offer any service to God until our misunderstanding has been resolved.
So have you forgiven me?”
“Release me first that’s when I’ll be able to forgive you!”
I grabbed her so thight that she started shouting.
“Okay I forgive you!” She said admist laughter.
“Are you sure?”
“Yes! Let me go!” She shouted.
I released her and got up immediately, smoothing my skirt. She turned and made her way towards me and I ran as fast as I could.
She ran around the house, behind sofas and tables, laughing.
“You guys don’t look like people fasting at all! You’re supposed to be like the scribes and Pharisees. You’re supposed to sit in one place and frown your face so that immediately Romeo enters, he will know someone has not eaten since morning because of him,” Susan said.
Romeo looked at her with a shock on his face. I noticed it but pretended not to.
Ella kept chasing me till I ran and hid behind Susan, using her as a shield.
“You people should carry your play to somewhere else oh! Don’t get me involved please! I don’t have this kind of pursuing anointing!”
“Save me!” I begged playfully.
“Ask your boyfriend to rescue you!” Susan said.
“Boy what?” Ella and I asked in unison.
“Yes na!”
“You’re not serious!” Ella said and grabbed her legs. I grabbed her hands and with Ella’s help, we both carried her to the sofa and laid her down.
I took off one of my slippers and flogged her on her buttocks.
We were just laughing throughout the drama.
As soon as I was done dealing with her. I ran to meet Romeo, who has not sat down ever since he entered the house.
“Romeo! Sorry about the drama. My sisters can be bullies sometimes!” I said grinning.
“You’re the chief bully!” Susan retorted playfully.
“Don’t listen to her!”
“Okay!” He said smiling.
“So! Can we talk?” I asked and pointed at the sofa.
“Of course!” He said and we both sat down.
“Should we excuse you and your boyfriend?” Susan asked.
“Susan stop na! You’re embarrassing the young man!”
“But he proposed to you na!”
“That was to creat a distraction. It was all stage drama. Please stop!”
“Okay! Prove that he’s not your boyfriend, we’re going to sit here and be part of this discussion!”
“And you promise to stop bullying me?”
“Yes!” She giggled.
“Deal!”
“Deal!”
“You guys are not serious!” Ella said.
“Honestly! I seriously suspect Juliet!” Susan said and burst into laughter.
I sent a throw pillow at her but she dodged it.
“Juliet! I came here because of two reasons. First I came here to apologize to you for all the things I said yesterday. Please find a place in your heart to forgive me. I don’t know what came over me. I’m so sorry!”
“WHAT CAME OVER HIM WAS WHAT YOU CHASED OUT THROUGH YOUR PRAYERS THIS AFTERNOON. IT WAS THE SPIRIT MANIPULATING HIM THAT WAS CHASED OUT BY YOUR PRAYERS.
THE EVACUATION OF THIS SPIRIT IS WHAT MADE HIM COME TO HIS SENSES. SOMETIMES JULIET, THOSE STUBBORN PEOPLE YOU ARE SO ANGRY WITH DO NOT NEED YOUR SHOUTING.
THEY JUST NEED YOUR BENDED KNEES. YOU’LL BE SHOCKED AT HOW THOSE SAME PEOPLE GIVING YOU HEADACHE WILL END UP APOLOGIZING TO YOU. IT WILL LOOK LIKE MAGIC.
STOP SHOUTING AT STUBBORN PEOPLE. MANY OF THEM WANT TO CHANGE BUT THEY LACK THE POWER. THEY ARE SO CONFUSED AND FRUSTRATED AND DECIDED TO TAKE PLEASURE IN BEING STUBBORN.
IF THERE IS A MAN TO PRAY, THERE IS ALWAYS A GOD TO ANSWER.” Came the gentle whisper.
I smiled.
“Thank you Daddy!” I said within me.
I turned to Romeo and gave him a reassuring smile.
“It is well my brother. I have forgiven you. Just don’t make me say the wrong words at you again. I can be a real jerk sometimes. I’m also sorry for saying those wrong things at you. Please can you forgive your sister?” I asked and made those apologetic eyes.
“I should be the one apologizing to you!”
“Wow! What a reconciliation between Romeo and Juliet!” Susan said.
“Susan!” I snapped.
“What? It was only a compliment!” She said in her defence.
Ella spanked her playfully and she chuckled.
“Stop that!” She replied her giggling.
“I guess we should pray with you before you leave, right?” I made a gesture to my sisters.
Ella gave an approving nod. Susan did the same when I fixed my eyes on her.
“Yes! I really need your prayers. But if you want me to fast, I am ready to do the fasting. I am ready to overcome this visiting of porn site from time to time. I don’t want it to grow into an addiction. Please pray for me,” he said and went on his knees.
I stood up smiling inwardly. I was ready to cast out a demon for the first time.
This is gonna be awesome.
To be continued………
How many of you have experienced what Juliet experienced.
You were so eager to hear what so and so had to say. You wanted to watch that movie so badly, despite the Holy Ghost warning you not to.
The pricking you felt in your spirit was the Holy Ghost restraining you from taking that action you’ll end up regretting. But many of us ignored the warning. We went into that relationship. We watched that movie. We didn’t run away when the Holy Ghost was screaming run away in our spirit. We stayed there until it was too late to rewrite what happened.
The deed had been done. Learn to listen to the warning bells. Joseph running away from Portiphar’s wife doesn’t make him a coward. It made him a champion.
Learn to flee when the Holy Ghost says flee. Learn to pay attention to the pricking in your conscience.
And don’t forget
SOMETIMES JULIET, THOSE STUBBORN PEOPLE YOU ARE SO ANGRY WITH DO NOT NEED YOUR SHOUTING.
THEY JUST NEED YOUR BENDED KNEES. YOU’LL BE SHOCKED AT HOW THOSE SAME PEOPLE GIVING YOU HEADACHE WILL END UP APOLOGIZING TO YOU. IT WILL LOOK LIKE MAGIC.
STOP SHOUTING AT STUBBORN PEOPLE. MANY OF THEM WANT TO CHANGE BUT THEY LACK THE POWER. THEY ARE SO CONFUSED AND FRUSTRATED AND DECIDED TO TAKE PLEASURE IN BEING STUBBORN.
IF THERE IS A MAN TO PRAY, THERE IS ALWAYS A GOD TO ANSWER.
This message is for someone.
INSPIRED BY THE BREAD OF LIFE
WRITTEN BY AYO OMOLAYO
YOUR BROTHER IN CHRIST 🙏
