Thread by @GbengaWemimo

I saw the greatest of all injustice earlier this year
It happened in a nation where many of us assumed such an injustice could never happen
It happened right at the time I had assumed that due to the advancement in technology and the "All Eyes on Me" position of the nation

concerned in global affairs that such can never happen
I was wrong.
It happened and nobody could do anything about it, not even the fact that the victim was occupying an office deemed to be the most powerful in the world.
Power, true power works from behind the throne. For many

years the balance of power in the world was controlled by a few faceless people who will back someone bold enough to step into the limelight as long as such did their bidding
Even presidents have sponsors, constituents, and organizations they must remain loyal to if they are to

remain in power
That is the secret of power, it is usually behind the throne and it does not belong to the people
It is wielded by a few who will crush opposition like a bug for daring to inconvenience it
Recently one of my brothers walked up to me at an event and said "We know

the five pillars holding this ministry together
We know the ladies pulling the strings in your ministry behind the scene
We know the ladies backing you up financially and he proceeded to mention five ladies
He even mentioned the name of the minister he had a conversation with who

told him i was a puppet with five puppeteers
I told him he was right but the numbers were way more than five, so i proceeded to name the ladies who work tirelessly with the ministry whose names he omitted
I did this deliberately
I knew he came to push my buttons so i decided it

will be best to humor him
He smiled and walked away
I knew he went to deliver the message that he was bold enough to say the things usually said at the back of the leader to his face
It has most likely backfired on him
Those who enjoy good gossip hates a telltale because

once gossip was taken to its subject it becomes backbiting and backbiting is not fun.
During the campaign that ended up producing the injustice mentioned above, i watched carefully for the reaction of people
I paid attention to the words of pastors
God had spoken to me about some

things and God was clear
I shared this with some people who are quite close to me
What they didn't know was that it was a Gideon's test for me
Soldiers watched intently as they drank and picked based on how they drank regardless of their precedence
If you drank water the wrong

way- you're out
I have known the voice of God since 2007
I have walked with him through all the seasons of my life since then and i have come to absolutely depend on it
what he says for me is LIFE
If anyone took a stand against it, even in a subtle way, i keep away from such

I have never been a friend of ideologies, common sense or any of the realities that come as a result of partaking of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil
Where you stand on God's word determines if i remain your ally or if we parted ways
I do not keep friendship or alliance

with any individual or organization that stands openly or secretly in opposition to God or God's will
As long as I am clear what that will is and you are not on the same page with me it will be bye-bye
I waited after the obvious injustice for those who saw it to say "Even though

i do not support this guy or i dislike this guy, he is being robbed and that is not fair." If i was in their shoes, that is what i will do
If we say we are God's people, we should insist on fairness for all and not turn a blind eye simply because we hate or dislike a particular

personality enough to override those senses in the name of the greater good
Some are still baffled at the speed with which i communications between us ceased
Men moved by an inordinate sense of "I know Good" usually ends up not knowing "God"
Good was conspicuously spelled out by

the law of Moses
None could do it
The Bible says there is none that is good, no not one!
When Jesus came, he taught us how to do "God"
He was a model of God to all those who believed in Him and being a Christian means being like Christ who himself acted like God on the earth

Being "God" and being "Good" are two different things
You can be good without knowing God but you cannot be God without being good.
Goodness without God is morality and self-righteousness, when you are motivated by these factors you will most likely make decisions contrary to the

will of God but such a decision will look pleasing to the eyes and will be cheered by many
Many men of God, like the Pharisees, are led by their human spirit to live this way.
Ironically, they will argue that they are also doing God's will but they are not
Common sense is not

God's will
Israel once asked for a king so that they can be like the nations around them
It wasn't God's will and yet Israel had her way
The Long term effect of their rejection of God was their exile and the destruction of their cities
A nation not led by God will be led by men

into error over a period of time.
A spirit-led believer who keeps the company of sense led believers will find himself making a lot of compromises that will continually grieve his spirit
The sense usually makes sense while the spirit confounds
Like King Saul, Error is constant in

the reality of a sense led believer
He or she will find himself or herself jumping from one crisis to the other
Seeking common-sense solutions to spiritual issues and blaming others who are walking with God in their own capacity for not falling in line behind his or her schemes

I woke up to two trends that were designed to cancel each other out this morning
Some want to occupy while some want to defend
Both sides are clamoring for social justice but from two different points of view
Neither of them is right and neither of them is wrong if we have not

learned anything from recent history, we must learn this
Violence and agitations will not bring justice
Those who advocated for black lives in 2020 made a lot of noise globally but changed nothing in human behavior or history
You must choose the side of God and do the will of God

Do not be driven to act by sponsored hashtags and the few powerful people behind the thrones of power and its opposition
Before Achilles was to set off for the War at Troy, his mother called him aside and told him if he went to the war he would not return but he would have glory

and fame
She told him if he stayed away from the war, he would have a good life
She told him he would get married and be a father to many children and a husband to a loving wife with whom he would grow old and be at peace
She told him she would bless whichever decision he made

Achilles went for glory
He went off to war and he killed Hector, the greatest warrior of Troy
He was celebrated but he died at Troy just as his mother predicted
You must choose your battles and do so consciously while weighing the consequences.

-GSW-

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