© Ayo Omolayo
SUSAN’S POV
I walked out of the gate and looked around. Juliet was supposed to be back by now. What was keeping her too long?
I looked around for any sign of her coming. My spirit was telling me to stop looking around that Juliet wasn’t coming back if I don’t go and do what we all planned to do in the first place.
I rebuked the thought. Juliet must come back in Jesus name. I kept looking and soon, Ella came to join me outside the gate where I was.
“Daddy is beginning to get suspicious. Everyone knows they ought to be back by now.”
“That’s true ooo!”
“What could be keeping them?” Ella asked.
Ella’s phone began to ring. She took it and checked the caller’s ID. It was mummy. She swiped the green bar and put it on loudspeaker.
“Hello ma!”
“Ella what is wrong with you? Is this how I raised you?”
“Ma!”
“What was the last instruction I gave you?”
“We were about to pray when…..”
“What was the last instruction I gave you?”
“That we should start praying now!”
“Start praying when?”
“Now!”
“Okay ooo! Keep looking for Juliet, you will soon meet her dead body, don’t go and pray!”
“Haaaaa! Mummy what happened?”
“She has been kidnapped. See what disobedience has caused. You guys should go and pray! Just go and pray. Please to God for mercy! Just ask God for mercy!”
That was how the call ended.
“What do we do?” Ella asked.
“We are not going to make the mistake we made earlier. Give me your hands!” I said authoritatively.
“But we are still in a public place!” She was still saying but I blasted in tongues.
I grabbed her hands tightly and launched into the realm of prayers. Haaaaaa! We started praying along the street. It sounded ridiculous as vehicles passed and those hawking food items passed and gave us those sarcastic glances.
Who cares? We want our Juliet back. We were not ready for another distraction from the pit of hell.
“SUSAN! PRAY FOR MERCY! JUST BEGIN TO CRY FOR MERCY!” Came Abba’s instruction.
“Let’s begin to cry to God for mercy. Let’s begin to ask God to show us mercy. We have been too careless and the enemy has taken advantage of our carelessness. Let’s ask God to intervene out of mercy and rescue Juliet and Ope.”
We launched into another round of serious prayers. I opened my eyes serval times to look around and I met people looking at us. Some even stopped to stare at us as we prayed.
“MADAM! YOU BETTER CLOSE YOUR EYES AND FOCUS ON THIS PRAYER IF YOU KNOW WHAT IS GOOD FOR YOU!” Abba said.
I shut my eyes tightly and continued praying. As the prayers continued, I began to see Juliet lying on the floor as if she was lifeless. I saw blood flowing out of her stomach. Her body was looking so stiff and cold. I didn’t see it clearly. I just saw it in a flash. It was as if my imagination was the one decieving me.
“THAT IS NOT YOUR IMAGINATION!” Came the stern voice.
“YOU HAVE JUST SEEN THE PLAN OF THE WICKED ONE. PRAY IN TONGUES AGGRESSIVELY! THE EFFECTUAL AND FERVENT PRAYERS OF THE RIGHTEOUS AVAILETH MUCH.”
“Daddy, what does that mean?”
“IT MEANS THAT WHENEVER YOU PRAY FERVENTLY, YOU GET YOUR RESULTS IN A JIFFY. MANY BELIEVERS DON’T UNDERSTAND THAT FOR YOU TO STRIKE A CORD IN THE PLACE OF PRAYERS, YOU MUST PRAY FERVENTLY. FERVENT PRAYERS IS ONE THE MOST POWERFUL WAYS TO PRAY, ESPECIALLY IN SITUATIONS LIKE THIS.”
This was exactly what I needed to hear.
“The effectual and fervent prayer of the righteous availeth much!” I said and Ella got the message.
The heat of our prayers increased. We began to pray fervently that it drew the attention of everyone inside the compound.
“What’s going on? Where is Juliet and Ope?” Daddy asked.
“We don’t know, but it’s obvious something happened to them.” I answered, while praying.
Daddy Ope laughed.
“Is that the reason why the two of you are praying like this? Haaaaa! Over a minor issue. Two girls left the house and there’s a little delay in their coming back. You begin to pray publicly to show everyone that you’re a prayer warrior?
If at all you want to pray, don’t you know praying publicly is hypocrisy?”
The heat of our prayers began to die down as he was calling our attention.
Soon we said amen and ended the prayers.
“Darling, if they want to pray, tell them to go inside and pray. I’m so much impressed by the desire in them. I love it so much when I see young people praying,” Mummy Ope said.
“You’re making the situation too serious. You yourself know this is not the first time Ope will leave and take extra time to come back. Soon she would show up and there’ll be no need for this stage drama. If at all they want to pray, they should go indoors. Can’t you see the way that little girl hawking oranges stood and was watching them like home video?”
I was still looking at them when my spirit begin to boil again.
“SUSAN WHAT ARE YOU DOING? ARE YOU LISTENING TO FAIRY TALES?”
I grabbed Ella by the hand and took her inside. I didn’t wait to explain anything to her. She tried her best not to fall as I walked so fast to get to the house and was pulling her along.
Soon, we got into the living room and began heading towards the staircase when daddy Ope entered.
“Young lady, can I talk to you for a few seconds.”
I paused and turned around.
“Daddy, now is not the time for talking. Now is the time to pray!”
“You mean that hypocritical prayer you were doing for show out there?”
I exhaled. This man of God was getting me worked up. God help me control myself oooo. I’m losing it.
“DON’T REPLY HIM. JUST APOLOGIZE TO HIM AND RUSH UPSTAIRS.” Came the instruction.
I wanted to apologize, but I had a strong feeling to explain myself to him before apologizing.
“Daddy! God sees my heart. He knows if I was sincerely praying out of a pure heart for my sister or trying to show everyone that I’m a prayer warrior. The God who sees both in secret and in open will judge between me and you. You are a man of God, but you have falsely accused me!”
I saw the anger in his eyes.
“That’s it! I said it! All these young spiritual people with no respect for the elderly. I’m sure this must be what you all are teaching Ope to emulate. Thank God Ope will be back soon. Let me see if she will ever have anything to do with Spiritual arrogant people like you. You don’t even know how to talk to an elderly man to start with, not to mention a man of God!”
“Daddy, I’m not Juliet. Ope is Juliet’s friend and they both attend the same school!”
“Of course. What’s the difference? You’re all the same people with the same hypocritical lifestyle.”
“Daddy, I mean I barely see Ope not to mention have influence on her.”
“But you always see Juliet and have influence on her and that’s enough to transfer your hypocrisy to Ope, through Juliet!”
Haaaa! God! I’m done for. Why didn’t I follow what you said I should follow. I only wanted to explain myself and prove my point. The more I was trying to defend myself, the more the man was refusing to understand my explanation.
“CAN YOU SEE YOU HAVE PROVED A GOOD POINT?”
“Daddy! I’m sorry! What can I do right now?”
“RUN TO THE PRAYER ROOM NOW!”
“What is your name you this girl?”
“Susan.”
“Where are you from?” He asked.
“I’m from…….”
“SUSAN, THAT MAN DOESN’T KNOW THE ENEMY IS USING HIM RIGHT NOW. HE’S A VICTIM OF JEALOUSY, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT HAS TO DO WITH FIREY YOUNG PEOPLE. SATAN IS ONLY USING HIS WEAKNESS TO BUY TIME. BY THE TIME YOU REALIZE IT, THIS MAN WOULD TAKE ONE HOUR OF YOUR TIME. JUST RUN AWAY FROM HIM RIGHT NOW. YOU CAN APOLOGIZE LATER.”
I grabbed my sister and ran up the stairs. I could hear him calling my name but I wasn’t going to give the devil the opportunity he was looking for. This was not a time to be spiritually weak. It was a time to raise an altar of intercession and spoil the works of darkness.
Immediately we entered the prayer room, I locked the door.
“What was wrong with that Pastor? Look at how he was talking like an unbeliever,” Ella said.
“Haaaaa! Ella don’t do that! You must not speak against the Lord’s anointed. Whatever he does, he is in God’s hands. Let God be the judge, our own is to pray. We are not going to backbite or gossip a man of God in this prayer room,” I answered.
“So because he is a man of God he can behave anyhow and go scot free. Then we that discuss about him, God will punish us. Have you forgotten that God also speaks through me? I am more of a man of God than that man.”
“This was not my sister talking. Haaaaa! Satan you are a liar. You still followed us into the prayer room. Na wa for you oooo. You don’t accept defeat at all.
Anyway, my bible says, for this reason the son of God was made manifest that he might destroy the works of the devil. Every spirit of bitterness that has taken over the heart of Emmanuella, be destroyed in the mighty name of Jesus!” I commanded within me.
Ella looked at me and exhaled.
“Anyway, I’m sorry! I’m not the judge. God knows the heart of everyone. Daddy Ope is a good man and I am nothing but dust and ashes. I am just a 17 year old girl who has been helped by God. God forbid me comparing myself with his anointed.
Can we pray please? God I’m sorry!” Ella said.
I was seriously smiling within me.
“Satan you have lost! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! I say you have lost. I am a Jesus slay queen! My job is to wreck whatever you’re doing. Satan you have lost. Who can battle with the Lord?” I asked.
“Nobody! my sister answered.
“We are going to pray and command the plans of the enemy to fail! The bible says that whatsoever we bind here on earth is bound in heaven and whatsoever we lose here on earth, is loosed in heaven. We are going to bind the works of darkness and command the angels of God.
The word of God says, he shall give his angels charge over you, to keep you in all your ways. They shall bear you in their palms so that you do not hit your legs against a stone.
We are going to pray that God should give his angels charge over Juliet and Ope. No harm is to come to them.
Let’s begin to pray!”
My sister and I entered a praying mode in a jiffy. We began to blast in tongues. I felt so much joy in my spirit as it dawned on me that we had just overcome all the gimmicks of the devil.
Wow! He really fought tooth and nail to get us, but he’s a failure. Now we’re going to wait and see what the Lord will do. We will not leave this place of prayers until we hear Juliet is back safe and sound.
I had no idea something terrible and unexpected was about to happen.
To be continued……..
Like I said. Praying makes you powerful. Praying makes you able to challenge your mountains and overcome them.
Inorder to have absolute victory over the enemy, prayers is a must.
That is why the enemy is so serious about shutting down your prayer life.
Daddy Ope is not a bad man. He’s only being weak at the moment. Unable to discern that the enemies are exploiting his weakness and using it for their own advantage.
There was a time in my life where I always believed people are against me. People are wicked. People are bad and heartless.
But now I have discovered it’s not the people. It’s the spirit using them. It’s the spirit exploiting their weaknesses.
Let’s see what happens next as Juliet tells us what happens.
Who are those kidnappers?
