The first driver I employed in my life was employed in July 2020
I employed him for my wife
He came highly recommended and he spoke highly of himself too
I had always believed in trusting people and treating them as God treats us
Anyone who has ever had an encounter with me will
testify to this
I worked once with a pastor who treated people very poorly
Whenever i remembered how he treated his staff members, including me, I felt like retching
I have nothing against him personally, i believe he didn't know how to do better but I was determined never to
treat anyone like that in my life
God valued human life above all else
I am like God and i will value what He values
This driver resumed and was a calamity from day 1
He wrecked my wife's car twice
On both occasions, I had to buy two new tyres, two new shock absorbers and pay for
repairs
I paid his salary on the 20th of every month
He ate at my table
I never asked him to account for the wrecks
Not once did i say "How did you drive and where were you driving to when this wreck happened"
I would just thank God nobody was hurt and call the mechanic to go and
sort it out
My wife was in the car when one of the wrecks happened
I trusted her judgment and she never for once told me he was a bad driver
Then the ministry bought a bus in October and he had to drive our CSR team to Lekki
He had a minor accident with the bus
He didn't even
mention it when he brought the bus back
When i saw it, I decided i would fix it
There was no need to ruffle feathers over something so minor
I overlooked it
Then we went to Alata Village in Ibadan for our October 17th Outreach
On our way back to Lagos, my brethren on the bus
called to inform me that the bus was overheating
I turned back on the expressway and drove back to where they were
This driver had forgotten to check on the water in the radiator and when the passengers noticed the strange smell and smoke coming from the engine they called his
attention to it he ignored them until the engine switched off by itself
We had to tow the bus to RCCG Camp while I found an alternative means of transportation for God's people
We all slept in the RCCG Camp overnight and chartered bus to Lagos for service the next morning
I still
didn't sack him
The bus couldn't be attended to for about 10 days because of the Endsars protest and a series of curfews in Lagos State.
Eventually, the company that sold us the bus showed up and everybody pointed the evil finger at this driver
They said all sorts
He had damaged
the engine badly
Everybody said i should sack him
I kept thinking of his wife and children
I kept telling myself a bus is a thing and the man is God's image
I must not elevate a thing above a human being
I overruled everybody and kept him
The repairs cost me over a million Naira
I was the one that sat with the mechanics and accommodated on the camp premises throughout
He didn't even call to say "How is the bus, sir?"
I took it on the chin
When we went to Abuja for the Gathering, we had to charter a bus to the airport and another to pick us up from the
airport
It was painful but I had to swallow it
The bus was eventually repaired at the cost of over 1 million Naira
Then we bought the Coaster bus on November 11, 2020
My brother drove it home from the point of sale
I told the driver to take me to a mechanic workshop within the
RCCG Camp with it to affix the number plate when it was ready and also to service it
He drove for over thirty minutes without releasing the hand brake
When we got to the mechanic workshop, the mechanics started shouting that something was smelling like a burnt clutch
So I asked
him "Mr. Henry, did you burn my clutch?"
He said "No sir, it is the hand brake that I forgot to release"
I overlooked it
Two days later, he was bringing me to Lagos
I was busy replying to messages on my phone
I looked up and I was on the expressway facing oncoming traffic
He was
taking one way!
I asked him why he was taking one way
He kept quiet
I told him to turn and do the right thing
He turned
I overlooked it
Two Sundays ago, we brought the bus to Theikos Doxa Evangelical Mission to present it to God and make it available for God's people's use
He
drove it
When we were going back home in the evening, he drove into a Lagos Paragon bus all by himself
He destroyed the driver's side door, the headlight, and so on
I was on the bus when it happened
I saw everything
I had to conclude he was not feeling well and needed help
When
we got home
he took his food pack and jumped down from the bus from the rear exit because his own door wouldn't open
He started to leave
I shook my head and called him back
I said "You offered no explanation and you didn't even bother checking the damage since it happened!
I was
in the bus and saw you run into that Volks Wagen bus
You didn't come down to check it out
Now we have gotten home and you didn't bother checking it too
Do you know how much I spent on the Lexus after your two crashes?
Do you know how much I spent on the Hiace bus after the
overheating issue?
And now you have crashed the coaster bus
Chai!"
I didn't know when tears streamed down my face
I felt so foolish
He said "I will come tomorrow so that we can take it to the mechanic"
After he was gone, I posted on Twitter that i needed a driver and I also
announced on our Whatsapp platforms
We got one in the interim that resumed the following day
Henry didn't call that day
On Tuesday, Henry called asking me what the itinerary was and when he was to resume
I told him i have employed another driver
I counseled him to get medical
assessment and ensure he was as fit as fiddle before driving another person
I sent him some money for this
He called me later that evening but after greeting me, he couldn't say another word
I kept quiet too, waiting to hear him out
The silence went on for about a minute, then he
cut the call
Last weekend, we got two drivers
One resumed on Saturday and the other in Sunday
Both are believers whose relationship with the Holy Spirit seems strong
Suddenly, I found myself in a place of rest
The driver's issue had bothered me more than i expected but the able
hands around me handled it and took it off my hands
Finally, i was able to spread my wings and fly in His presence
The choir sang "Olorun Agbaye O, you are mighty"
The word of the Lord came expressly to me that within seven days miracles, like we have never seen before, will
break out among us
The whole church said AMEN
Monday morning, the testimonies started rolling in
By Monday night, the Holy Spirit decided to do another wonder for GSWMI
Ladies and Gentlemen, can i announce that we have acquired our own Land!
it was done between 8pm yesterday and
8AM this morning
The money started coming in by the power of the Holy Spirit in the most unexpected manner
A word of prophecy was triggered into fulfillment by His power
In all this, i am a passenger and the announcer
Indeed, there is Nothing Olorun Agbaye cannot do!
Hallelujah
PS: This year has been the year of the Revealed Glory for GSWMI as promised by the Holy Spirit in 2019
This year he gave us an office, a church, bought buses and now we have our own Land
Within the next 7 days, I declare that your mouth shall be filled with laughter in Jesus name
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The sickness came out of nowhere
At first, he thought it was as a result of his diet
He cut down the rice and other carbohydrates
He started drinking water only
He adjusted the time he ate too
He had never experienced any serious sickness before that season, the pain was terrible
it started at the amusement park
The church had organized a day out for all members to do sport and share some picnic
He was there as a staff of the church
His boss (The pastor) was also there to lead by example
Suddenly this stomach upset got a hold of him
He tried as much as
possible to hold it but the pain was everywhere
At a point he went to sit down and discovered that his chair was covered in blood
That was when he ran into one of the mobile toilets and discovered his body was all messed up
It was a strange ailment
He sent a test to his boss's
Her husband attacked the issue from a scriptural perspective
He quoted the story of Abraham and Sarah
He felt Sarah was the epitome of marital submission for believers and her life was an example for all Christian women to follow
He said Sarah called Abraham her Lord and followed
Him out of Ur of the Chaldees to a city shown to Him by God
Abraham was the first of His kind
The first Hebrew and the foundation upon which many religions were built till this day
His wife's obedience and support despite her background was instrumental to the success of their
marriage
Because Sarah obeyed Abraham at the right time when Sarah asked Abraham to obey her in raising a child through Hagai, Abraham obliged her, and when Sarah said she was no longer comfortable with Hagai and her son
Abraham, despite his reservations, threw both mother and
Something happened the day after he beat her blue-black for cheating on him
The boundaries of their relationship shattered
He was not an abusive person by nature but that singular act of raising his hand to slap her once and her response, not defiance but acceptance made it worse
It was raining that night
He was in severe pain
He had just been discharged from the hospital after a week
He barely escaped with his life
He had been poisoned by an unknown person
All he could remember was sitting down to sit in a palm wine joint in front of his girlfriend's
school
He had left his own school around 10 am and got to her school before noon
She was having lectures
He had walked into the school premises and seen her in the classroom
He had a key to "their" room but he decided to wait for her at the palm wine joint
He was not in a hurry
I remember that day like yesterday
Even i didn't know how vivid the memory was until today
I was working with a media firm in 2011
It was one of those private media outfits run
by people who supply media content to
TV stations
We were working with a private producer for
a tv show
on the housing industry
it was a poor paying job
A prominent Nigerian of Northern origin had been invited to an event by one of the notable cement manufacturing companies
It was a must "cover" event
I had to be at the venue with my cameraman and the independent producer of the
show
Suddenly I felt that thing that we all feel when someone was talking about us in an unkind way
It was very strong
I looked around and saw them
A guy and a lady
The guy was my wife's colleague at her own media outfit
He was telling the lady beside him something in whispers
He saw his mother struggle for many years as a believer
She was fed fat with all sorts of junks many peddle as the gospel
Sometimes she would come home with special soap and instructions for her children
Sometimes she would come hope with oju-olongbo (Cat's eyeballs) for them to
swallow in the middle of the night
Sometimes she would take a blade and a substance and put incisions on their bodies
There was a time he suddenly had severe neck pain that lasted for many days
His mother ran to a man who strangled a chicken and cooked it for him to eat for his
recovery
Yet his mother would claim to be a staunch Christian
She would make them commit Scriptures to memory and insist they have to be in church on Sunday
He also watched as his mother's sphere of influence grew steadily through the years
Many of the other women in the church
A tender heart is one of the basic signs you see in a believer who has met the Lord
A heart that cannot bear a bruised reed
A heart that is soft & compassionate towards all men
A heart that does not want any to perish but desires that all come to the reality of the Father’s love
Jesus had such a heart, so did John and Peter and James and Philip and Steven...
A heart that forgives the most grievous injury and counts the wickedness of men as a product of their ignorance. Jesus said “Father forgive them for they know not what they do” just as he was being
led to the cross to die for my sin. He knew I didn’t deserve it or even appreciate it and yet He did it because he wanted me to have that option.
Before Jesus came, mankind couldn’t have everlasting life. The Pharisees had an idea that there was a way to get it and they searched