© Ayo Omolayo
I entered the house around 8pm, still on my school uniform. Immediately I clicked the doorbell, the door opened.
“Where have you been?” Daddy asked in a calm voice.
I looked up and saw the furry in his eyes. I knew he was only making his voice calm for obvious reasons.
That was amazing. To be angry and yet, sound calm.
I knew I was wrong to have stayed out late. It was one of the rules of the house. But daddy was not around and mummy was yet to come back from her missionary journey. So I was completely bold enough to tell Ope’s mum that I was fine. She was asking me if I wasn’t going to leave when she noticed it was getting late.
I was just waiting for when the movie would end. So whatever she was saying fell on deaf ears as I was eager to see what would happen at the end of the movie.
As soon as the movie ended, I left with absolute confidence that I would meet my sisters in the house, only to meet daddy’s furious eyes.
“As a responsible young lady, are you supposed to be on your school uniform by this time of the night?”
“I’m sorry sir!” I apologized and bowed my head shamefully.
“If not for the fact that we are all Christians in this house, what would everyone start thinking?”
“I’m sorry sir!”
“They would start thinking you went to be with a boy.”
“I went to see Ope!”
“I know! You said it sometime ago in this house that you would love to visit her. But why stay out this late?”
“I’m sorry! This would be the first and the last time I would stay out late.”
He sighed and let me in.
“Thank you sir!”
He walked away without replying my words of gratitude.
I quickly went to the kitchen to get my food. I had eaten at Ope’s place, but I knew somehow my sisters have kept something for me.
“HAAAA! BUT YOU ATE AT YOUR DAUGHTER’S PLACE NA!”
“If I don’t eat it now, the food might not be good by tomorrow. And remember, we hardly eat at morning in this house.”
“JULIET, THAT FOOD IS NOT AS IMPORTANT AS YOUR SPIRITUAL LIFE. YOU KNOW VERY WELL THAT IF YOU EAT NOW, YOU WOULD BECOME HEAVY AND THAT WOULD AFFECT YOUR QUIET TIME AND PRAYERS TOMORROW MORNING.”
“Daddy, at this stage when I know I’m at war with the kingdom of darkness, you still expect me to be sleeping? Haaaa! Am I stupid? Why would I be sleeping like a fool?
What responsible human being would be that stupid to sleep in the middle of a battlefield?”
I carried my food and marched to the dinning table. I sat down and devoured the rice and big meat. I was so excited as I reminisced on some funny scenes in the cartoon I watched at Ope’s place.
I got up feeling so heavy, but I dragged myself to my room. I dropped heavily on the bed and forgot I was still putting on my uniform when I slept off. Susan was already asleep, so I used that as an opportunity to escape her mummy mummy behaviour.
We usually go to bed early in the house so we can be awake by 12 midnight. That was how I slept in my school uniform till the next day.
I was still thinking it was night, but the light shining through the window directly to my face kept telling me I was dreaming.
I opened my eyes thinking it was the bulb. I stood up and my eyes went directly to the clock on the wall. 7:30 am.
“J….E…..S……U……S!” I screamed.
Susan jumped out of her sleep.
“What happened?”
“Susan, look at the time!” I said pointing at the wall clock.
“My God! Haaaaaa! What is this?” She exclaimed.
“I can’t believe it. This must be a dream. Tell me it’s a dream!” I said.
“How could all of us fall asleep and no one woke up for our appointment with God? How?”
“This is not ordinary! This was an attack from the pit of hell. Something is chasing after us and it needs our prayerlessness to achieve it’s purposes,” I said.
“Jesus! Juliet, when did you get all these information?”
“Yesterday!”
“Abe what did you do about it?”
“WHY NOT TELL THEM YOU WATCHED CARTOON? WHY NOT TELL THEM YOU ATE LIKE A GLUTTON LAST NIGHT AFTER GETTING A REVELATION FROM HEAVEN?”
“Haaaaa! Daddy! I’m so sorry!”
“JULIET I NEEDED YOU BUT YOU TURNED YOUR BACK AT ME. I NEEDED YOU IN THE PLACE OF PRAYER AND INTERCESSION, BUT YOU CHOSED TO BE IN THE PLACE OF ENTERTAINMENT AND CARTOON.”
“Daddy I’m sorry!” I said and burst into tears.
“THE ENEMY PLANNED EVIL AND I REVEALED IT TO YOU. BUT AFTER SHOWING YOU, YOU WERE WATCHING CARTOON.”
“Daddy please!”
“WHAT PAINED ME THE MOST ABOUT YOUR REBELLION WAS NOT JUST THE FACT THAT YOU FAILED TO PRAY WHEN I NEEDED YOU. YOU WERE WATCHING CARTOON. YOU KNOW VERY WELL THAT I WARNED YOU ABOUT CARTOONS.
IT’S NOT THAT I DON’T WANT YOU TO HAVE FUN. CARTOONS ARE NOT EVIL. BUT I KNOW YOU HAVE A WEAKNESS FOR IT. I KNEW YOU CANNOT RESIST IT BECAUSE OF THE SOFT SPOT YOU HAVE FOR IT. SO I MADE IT A RULE TO YOU NEVER TO WATCH CARTOONS ANYMORE AND YOU AGREED.
YOU STAYED AWAY FROM CARTOONS AND DELETED IT FROM YOUR PHONE. BUT SATAN WHO WAS SERIOUSLY PLANNING YOUR SPIRITUAL LIFE, ARRANGED EVERYTHING HIMSELF. HE MADE SURE EVERYTHING WAS IN PLACE.
FIRST, YOU DIDN’T ASK ME IF YOU COULD FOLLOW OPE TO HER HOUSE. IF YOU HAD ASKED ME, I WOULD HAVE TOLD YOU TO GO HOME AND VISIT HER TODAY WHICH IS SATURDAY. BUT YOU DIDN’T ASK FOR MY PERMISSION. YOU WENT AHEAD TO DO IT YOURSELF, BECAUSE YOU ARE AUNTY SMART.
SECONDLY, REMEMBER I TOLD YOU YESTERDAY YO PRAY FOR OPE IMMEDIATELY YOU GOT HOME. THAT WAS THE REASON WHY I WAS MAKING YOU FEEL UNEASY AT OPE’S HOUSE. I WAS WAITING FOR YOU AT HOME ALREADY. BUT YOU WENT TO ANOTHER PLACE. SO I SENT MY ANGELS TO GO AND GET YOU, BUT YOU PUSHED THEM ALL AWAY.
THIRDLY, WHEN THE URGE TO PRAY REFUSED TO LEAVE AND I REMINDED YOU WHAT MUMMY TAUGHT YOU ABOUT PRAYING UNTIL THE BURDEN ON YOUR HEART IS LIFTED, WHAT YOU WOULD HAVE DONE WAS TO TELL OPE YOU WANTED TO PRAY AND YOU NEEDED A CONDUCIVE ENVIRONMENT. SHE WOULD HAVE TAKEN YOU TO THEIR CHURCH AUDITORIUM. BUT YOU INSISTED IN WATCHING KUNG FU PANDA.
“JULIET, SINCE I REVEALED THE PLAN OF THE ENEMY TO YOU AND YOU DID NOTHING ABOUT IT, I WILL NO LONGER WASTE MY TIME REVEALING ANYTHING TO YOU AGAIN.
SINCE YOU WON’T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT, WHY SHOULD I WASTE MY TIME REVEALING THEM TO YOU?”
I threw myself on the floor and wept bitterly.
“Daddy please! Don’t leave me! I am so sorry. I am sorry! Please daddy! Find a place in your heart to forgive me! I beg you!” I cried.
My drama really shocked Susan. She began to tap me to know what was wrong.
“Leave me alone!” I yelled at her.
She flinched and moved back frightened. Soon, Ella and the daddy of the house were at the door.
“Leave her! Let her pour out her heart to God,” daddy said and shut the door.
I was grateful for that statement. I began to pray aggressively and blast in tongues.
“Daddy please show me mercy! What gain is there when my enemies triumph over me? What good will it be that the enemies drink my blood and eat my flesh in excitement? Will you derive pleasure in my death?”
I don’t know where the inspiration came from but I saw myself presenting my strong reasons to God. This was part of what praying in tongues does. I didn’t know how I arrived here, but I was connecting with heaven.
“Daddy! Save me oh my God! For they that hate me without cause mock me day and night. Deliver me oh God from my strong enemy. For they that hate me are more than the number of hairs on my head.
The devil will smile with all excitement that he destroyed your angel. How will that make you happy? Lord, please show me your mercy! Have mercy upon me!” I prayed fervently.
As I prayed, I began to see my phone ringing.
I threw my eyes away because I knew it was wrong to answer calls while praying. But immediately I saw the caller’s ID, my heart froze. I had a strong feeling to ignore the phone and continue with the prayers, but I went ahead to look at the caller’s ID.
It was Ope calling. Yehhhhhhh! Daddy please!
I jumped to my feet and picked my phone with shaky hands.
“Hello!”
“Sweet mother I no go forget you, for the suffer wey you suffer for me ooo
Sweet mother, I love you!” Ope sang from the other end.
“What happened to you how are you feeling right now?”
“Fantastic! You can’t imagine how excited I am right now!”
“What happened?”
“What happened is that your baby girl loves you now more than ever before. You’re the best mama in the world!”
“Ope, go straight to the point. What do you want to tell me? Did you have any strange dream of recent?”
“The only strange thing I experienced was having my Mama at my house yesterday. It was completely strange to me. Who am I, that Juliet Anderson should come under my roof, I am not worthy.”
“JULIET END THAT CALL!” Daddy said sternly.
“Ope, I have to go now!”
“Mummy please wait! There’s something I need to tell you!”
“What is that?”
“Mummy, why are you sounding as if I disgust you? So me calling you is now bad right?”
“No! You will never be disgusting to me. Infact, you don’t know how willing I am to protect you and keep you safe. I am ready to do anything for you!”
“Awwnnnnn! Mummy you’re the best!” She said with a powerful feminine tone.
I was blushing on the phone already.
“So what do you want to tell me?”
“It’s about the fasting. Mummy, you know I’m still your little angel and I’m still growing. But I have come to realize that in this life for the greater good, sacrifices must be made. So I thought about it all night. I came to a conclusion.
I have made up my mind to join you and Robert for the 3 days marathon fasting,” she announced.
I almost summersaulted. My heart exploded with joy. This was completely awesome. My Ope was safe and now she was going to join me in the fasting. This is unbelievable.
“Ope! I’m so happy for you! This is wonderful. Thank you so much for saying all this!” I said with a warm smile.
“You’re welcome!” She replied giggling.
“So! Please when next would you come visiting?”
“I don’t know yet! But I believe I would visit often.”
“That is awesome! Thank you so much ma!”
“You’re welcome!”
“Let me go for now! We’ll talk later!” She replied and with that ended the call.
I exhaled and threw myself on the bed.
“I’m glad Ope’s okay!” I said within me.
“THAT CALL WAS A DISTRACTION. YOU WERE ALMOST HITTING A STRONGHOLD IN THE SPIRIT REALM WHEN THEY MANIPULATED THAT GIRL TO CALL YOU!”
“Haaaaaa! Daddy! Why?”
“YOU OF ALL PEOPLE SHOULD KNOW THAT PICKING CALLS WHILE PRAYING IS A STRATEGY FROM HELL TO STOP INTERCESSORS FROM GAINING VICTORY IN THE PLACE OF PRAYERS.”
I faced the bed and wept.
“Daddy, please take me out of the battle! It’s too much for me. I don’t want to fail you.”
“PSALMS 119:98 THOU THROUGH THY COMMANDMENTS HAST MADE ME WISER THAN MINE ENEMIES: FOR THEY ARE EVER WITH ME.
JULIET, SATAN IS NOT POWERFUL OR WISER THAN YOU. IT IS DISOBEDIENCE THAT HAS MADE HIM POWERFUL.
JESUS SAID IN JOHN 14:30. HEREAFTER I WILL NOT TALK MUCH WITH YOU: FOR THE PRINCE OF THIS WORLD COMETH, AND HATH FOUND NOTHING IN ME.
SATAN ALWAYS LOOKS FOR ACCESS POINT. HE EXPLORES YOUR EMOTIONS AND STIRS YOU UP TO DO WHAT WILL GIVE HIM LEGAL GROUNDS IN YOUR LIFE.
JULIET, YOU ARE MY SLAY QUEEN. RISE UP LIKE A WARRIOR AND FIGHT. YOU CANNOT BE WEAK TODAY. THERE’S A SERIOUS BATTLE RAGING.”
To be continued……….
Satan needs corporation on our part. Do you remember the story of Balaam trying to curse Israel and ended up blessing them?
He built 7 altars and tried to make those altars work against God’s people, but to no avail.
That was where he suggested a crafty plan to the King of Moab. They allowed Moabite ladies to enter the camp of Israel and sleep with the boys. Then the girls began to invite the Hebrew boys to Moabite festivals.
That was it. When God became angry, 24 thousand Israelites died as punishment for that sin. Satan got what he wanted.
See, for Satan to win a battle, he needs to push you into sin and compromise. He needs to shut down your prayer life and keep you from praying.
Satan is not powerful! He’s at your mercy! If you don’t coperate with him, he cannot achieve anything around your life or family.
Ask Joseph. Ask Job and finally, ask Jesus! They gave the devil “NO” in capital letters and he couldn’t do anything than watch them succeed.
Watch out what happens next.
You’ll be shocked by the battle that awaits these slay queens.
