Thread by @GbengaWemimo

It started as a simple conversation
I was contemplating the death and resurrection of Jesus
and engaging the Holy Spirit in a conversation
I said "Do you know that Jesus was the one that declared himself as the resurrection and the life? was if possible that if he didn't make

that declaration he wouldn't have resurrected as he did?
Am I supposed to start declaring that I am the resurrection and the life too?
Will that be appropriate seeing that I have not had the occasion to stand before a grave and declare "Lazarus, come forth" like Jesus did?
The

Holy Spirit said "Do you want to stand before a grave and declare "Lazarus, come forth" as Jesus did?
I said yes
He said "Okay"
I went back to my contemplations, I always internalize the words of Jesus
Sometimes I would personalize the words and say them out loud
All his words

are spirit and they are life but I always struggled with calling myself the resurrection and the life
I do say it out loud but it always lacked conviction in my heart
Jesus didn't just call himself the resurrection and the life out of the blue, it had a very dramatic context

i wanted that context
That was the crux of my musings that day
Yesterday, I was in Lagos to honour the invitation of @i_am_adunnii and her husband
They held a worship and praise concert @TheikosDoxa very early in the morning
Just as the service was about to start I got a message

on Whatsapp
One of my brothers had been arrested and detained by the police due to a transaction he was involved in.
He was the one who sent me two words at first and then it stopped
Another sister then sent me the blow by blow account of the issue and asked that I intervene

I couldn't respond appropriately because the service has started
Ironically, because it was Easter Monday, the songs and conversations were all around the death and resurrection of Jesus
I got on the altar to speak
I found myself discussing the resurrection of Lazarus, not Jesus!

I shared about Jesus announcing himself to the world as the resurrection and the life before raising Lazarus from the dead
The natural order ought to be raising Lazarus from the dead and then "boasting" about it
After the service, we went to have Easter pounded yam and bush meat

with the Olatubosuns
It was the first time I had a meal in their Lagos home and I ate heartily
Another message came in from an unknown number
The person introduced himself as the younger brother to the brother that was arrested
He sent me a message explaining in detail what had

happened and the progress that had been made on the matter
I replied to him that I was still in Lagos
I left Lagos by 5pm, I got home around 6pm
I got another message
The younger brother said they were still at the police station
This was close to 7pm
I asked him where the police

station was
He sent me the address
It was fifteen minutes drive from my house
I said "Holy Spirit, I am so tired"
The Holy Spirit said "So was Jesus when he had to walk a full day to Judea to raise Lazarus from the dead!"
Then it hit me
That was my resurrection and life context

I raced to the police station and settled the matter
The brother's debt was fully paid and he was bailed by 9:40pm
I rushed home and had to take some time to rest before the @pssbcnigeria School 9 class commenced by 10pm
By 4am this morning, the Holy Spirit said "The quickening

you felt in your bones, knowing you can resolve the challenge and ensure the brother slept on his bed last night, was the same quickening Jesus felt in his bones knowing Lazarus wouldn't remain dead if he intervened."
I got the message
I am the resurrection and the life in Christ

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