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I Believe In The Supernatural- God Used Me To Hire You

It was in 2003. I received a call that Monday morning. It was a female voice on the other end. After exchanging pleasantries, she told me someone recommended me very highly and she would like to have a chat with me.

She described her address- somewhere around Obasa Street in Bodija, Ibadan- and gave me an evening appointment.

I called my wife and told her. I had been married for a few months.

I asked her to follow me for the appointment but she was to sit in the car and knock on the door if I didn't come out in 30minutes. I was scared because she didn’t disclose how she got my number and who referred me. I got there on schedule with my CV on a floppy diskette.

There were no flash or thumb drives then. I knocked at the door and I was ushered into an expansive sitting room by a very pleasant woman.

She took the floppy from me and printed out my CV.

After a few questions, she told me she was the proposed Manager of a new branch opening in the city and she was hiring her team of relationship officers. She would like to work with me. I asked her who recommended me but she refused to tell me.

After that interview session with her, she referred me to Lagos that week for the conclusion of the recruitment process. I went through HR, met the MD for a chat and got hired- all within that week.

The following Sunday, as I left the church after service, a brother called my name. He has a driving school and taught my wife how to drive. He said he had something to tell me.

The previous week, he was on his way to work and suddenly saw a cousin he had not seen for a long time- 8 years then, if I recall correctly. His cousin- the woman who interviewed me- told him it was her first time in Ibadan and she was sent to hire staff for a new branch.

She didn't know anyone and therefore decided to fast and pray that morning for God’s guidance. She's a devout Catholic. She opened her door and voila- there was her cousin passing by on the street.

She asked if her cousin knew any good Account Officer (our Nigerian lingo for Relationship Officers) and he mentioned my name. He gave her my number but pleaded that she should not reveal he was the one because he didn't have my consent.

As he told me all that transpired that Sunday afternoon, I was so full of gratitude. I told him I had concluded the Interview and picked up my offer.

I resumed at the new office a few weeks later only to discover to my shock that there was another Branch Manager (a male) and not the woman who interviewed me.

I dashed to a corner, called her and was dumbfounded when she told me she won’t resume at that place anymore as she wasn’t hired eventually for that role. She told me that God just used her to hire me and that I should ensure I put in my best and make her proud.

I was almost in tears as she spoke to me.

1 Chr 12:22 (MSG)- “Hardly a day went by without men showing up to help—it wasn’t long before his band seemed as large as God’s own army”!

May the Lord show you kindness this week. May people show up to help you.

Bayo Adeyinka

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