© Ayo Omolayo
OPE’S POV
I was not the leader, of course I had to follow everything this lady God used to deliver me said. But I knew very well that something was definitely wrong. I just knew it in my spirit that something was wrong. Robert and I were on our way home.
I was supposed to leave him and follow the way to my house. But I was feeling somehow in my spirit. I just got restored a few hours ago. How could I be feeling the old way right now? Everything about my restoration was happening so fast.
“IT WAS NOT AN ACCIDENT YEMI!” Came that gentle voice I had missed so much.
“Haaaa! Ore mi (My Friend) You are here already!”
“YEMI I MISSED YOU SO MUCH! YOU KNOW VERY WELL THAT YOU HAVE AN ANGELIC VOICE I LOVE HEARING! ITS LIKE MUSIC IN MY EARS!”
“Ore calm down! No whine me jare! There are thousands, infact, millions of angels singing to you on a daily basis. What difference does on small girl who has been a lesbian, what difference does her singing make?”
“YES THE ANGELS HAVE WONDERFUL VOICES. BUT THEY ARE NOT MY TRUE LOVE. MY TRUE LOVE IS YOU! YEMI MY DAUGHTER!”
I was blushing right now. Oh! This atmosphere of love was seriously killing me.
Now this feeling was coming strongly. Everything about my recovery was happening so fast.
I mean, right now, I’m feeling uneasy in my spirit. The last time I felt this way was two months ago. And when I was wondering what was responsible for me feeling this way, something kept telling me to pray in the Holy Ghost for Kessy.
What was wrong with her? Kessy and I just finished speaking with each other on WhatsApp. We gisted and gisted till I told her I wanted to go and read my book. Why should I feel so uneasy because of her?
So I decided to watch a movie. Yeah, I watch Thor Ragnarok that night and the feeling disappeared. I woke up the next morning and got to school.
The whole class was something else. What happened? Kessy was dead. How did she die? She slept and didn’t wake up.
Haaaaa! Kessy that I just finished speaking with last night. Was she sick? No! Was she depressed? No! She just slept and by the time her parents entered her room, she was as hard as stone, cold and lifeless.
This was the same feeling I was having right now.
“Haaaaaa! Ore mi! It’s been a long time I prayed ooo! Who do you want me to pray for this time?”
“JULIET ANDERSON!”
“Haaaa! What happened to her?”
“SHE’S SLEEPING RIGHT NOW! AND IF YOU DON’T STAND IN THE GAP FOR HER, SHE MAY NOT WAKE UP FROM THAT SLEEP!”
“Ewooo!” I turned around and saw Romeo was far gone, on his way home. We had waved each other goodbye and had gone our separate ways.
I ran like a mad woman not even realizing I had thrown my bag on the ground.
“Robert!” I shouted as I ran towards him.
He turned around and gave me that look of curiosity.
I got to where he was and bent, leaning on my knees as I caught my breath.
“Is something wrong?”
“Yes! There is fire on the mountain!”
“Fire? Where?”
“Juliet! We need to pray for her!”
He hissed.
“Is that why you ran as if someone was trying to kidnap you and you managed to escape? Haaa! You almost scared the day light out of me!”
“You don’t understand!”
“No I don’t want to understand! I can’t waste my prayers on that proud and arrogant fellow. Let her continue to do Mrs pastor. She knows everything. She’s the master in the house. Everyone is under her feet. She doesn’t listen to anyone. But she keeps commanding all of us like her slaves. I cannot waste my prayers on that stubborn person!”
“Robert, calm down! Let me explain!”
“No don’t border! My mind is made up!” He said and turned around to leave.
“But was this how she behaved when you insulted her?” I said and I guess it got his attention, because he stopped walking.
“This same Juliet you don’t want to pray for right now is the person who denied herself food to fast not because of herself, but for you.
Greater love has no man than this, that a man should lay down his life for his friends.
You claim she’s arrogant, but this same arrogant friend was the one who stood in the gap for you when you lost your passion for God. Why can’t you do the same for her now?
Besides, I want you to know that if someone can fast because she loves you and wants the best for you, then what is happening to the person right now is not ordinary. It is spiritual. Remember when she told us that the principal was casting spells on her earlier this morning.
That’s why God placed us around her. Not to castigate her. But to stand in the place of prayers for her. That’s why we’re here. We are not a mistake. We once needed her, now she’s in need of us. We both need each other. There’s no super hero in Christianity. We are a team. We are one family. If a team member is down, we must help them get back on their feet.
So what do you say? Are you going to allow the devil to waste her, or will you stand in the gap for her? Just as she once did for you!”
He exhaled.
“I will stand up for her. I’m so sorry! I was just wondering why she would be this wonderful and admiring and the next thing, she’s arrogant and annoying. Now I get the message.
The bible says we should pray for our leaders. They are always the prime target of the enemy. Sometimes the devil will make our spiritual leaders to offend us because he wants us to get angry at them and not pray for them. And once there’s no one standing in the gap for them, he’ll successfully destroy them.
Haaaaa! Satan is so smart. No wonder the bible even said we should pray for our enemies. When Stephen was stoned to death, he prayed for his persecutors. That prayer was what rescued Paul and made him a born again child of God.
Imagine if Stephen had released a curse on them, Paul would have died and a great general in the faith would had just gone like that. Wow! God seriously needs intercessors!”
“That’s the spirit bro!” I said and took his hand. I dragged him to my house and brought him inside.
“Ope what happened to your uniform?” My younger sister asked.
“Shhhh! Don’t let mummy know!” I whispered.
Mummy came out while was still telling her not to let mummy know.
“Haaa! Ope! Why are you this dirty? Is this my daughter for crying out loud? And why did you bring a man to my house? Have you started dating boys in your school?”
I knew if I wasted more time here I would not be able to attend to the pressing in my spirit. I was feeling an urgent need to start the prayers.
“Mummy! This is my junior collegue in school. I brought him here so we can pray for my friend, she’s not well right now!”
“And why is your uniform so dirty?”
“Oh! I fell in school today!” I said as I took the keys to the church auditorium and gave my younger sister my bag.
“Wait! Where are you going?”
“To the auditorium! I want us to pray as quickly as possible so my friend can go home on time,” I said and dragged Robert with me as I noticed she was still going to say something.
There was no time to waste. I was feeling it in my spirit. We got into the church building and knelt down before the altar.
“We are going to pray for Juliet Anderson and beg God to show her mercy. She must not become food for the devil to enjoy! Let’s cry to God to rescue her!”
We began to pray fervently. It had been a long time since I prayed, but I don’t know where the grace to pray came from today. I was glad Robert was also praying fervently as well.
It was awesome.
We continued praying when suddenly Robert quoted this scripture.
Psalms 30:1 I will extol thee, O LORD; for thou hast lifted me up, and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me.
Verse 2. O LORD my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me.
Verse 3. O LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.
Verse 4. Sing unto the LORD, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.
Verse 5. For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.
Verse 6. And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved.
Verse 7. LORD, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled.
Verse 8. I cried to thee, O LORD; and unto the LORD I made supplication.
Verse 9. What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?
Verse 10. Hear, O LORD, and have mercy upon me: LORD, be thou my helper.
Verse 11. Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;
Verse 12. To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever.”
I was so amazed he quoted everything from his head.
As we kept praying, I was seeing the face of the school principal. He was holding a knife. That was all I was seeing. It was as if the vision wasn’t clear.
Soon, I would see someone crying and begging. I can’t see who the person was begging and I couldn’t see the face of the person clearly. The whole vision was blurry and dark.
The only thing I could make out of the vision was the face of the school principal.
So I decided to make that our prayer point.
“We are going to pray and tell God that he should stop every man that want to kill Juliet. I don’t know, but I’m seeing the Principal with a knife. Then I’ll see a person crying. I can’t see the face of the person, but I can guess it’s Juliet.
Let’s pray that God should stop him! Can we roar right now?”
We burst into loud prayers. But seriously I was wondering why my visions were not clear.
“Before, if I dreamt or saw anything in the place of prayers, I usually see it clearly. But these days my dreams are not clear. Why is it like that?”
“DON’T WORRY, JULIET WILL ANSWER THAT QUESTION!”
“Really?”
“YES!”
“Is she safe?”
“YES SHE IS!”
“Wow! Hallelujah! Robert!” I tapped him.
“Let’s praise God! He has done it for us. He has delivered her from the mouth of the demonic lions. Let’s appreciate God!”
To be continued……..
I feel like dancing right now. Thanks to God for the blessing of intercessors.
Juliet will be taking up the story in the next episode
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.
What would happen if there was no intercessor?
There was a time the children of Israel sinned against God and God was so angry. He told Moses that he wanted to wipe out the entire nation of Israel and raise a new generation through the seed of Moses.
Do you think he didn’t mean it? If Moses had not stood in the gap, do you think Israel would still be existing today?
That time God prompted you to pray for someone, you didn’t understand. That time you were feeling uneasy you didn’t understand that you were supposed to rescue a friend.
Lord! Cause more intercessors to arise. We have too many complainers. You’ll complain and complain about how unreasonable your mum is. You’ll complain and complain about your unreasonable friends.
But do you pray for them to become reasonable? Or do you think God cannot transform their heart?
Oh! So they are too impossible for God to transform, abi?
Ever since you have been complaining, has it changed anything?
Rise up in the place of prayers and cry to God for transformation.
