28/04/2022
WHAT HAPPENED TO BISHOP DAVID ABIOYE AT A HOTEL - LESSON FOR ALL.
PATIENCE: A LESSON OF LIFE.
By BISHOP DAVID ABIOYE.
I walked into a hotel and after going through the menu, I ordered some food.
After about 20 mins a group of guys and ladies walked in & ordered theirs.
To my dismay, these folks got served first. I watched as they began to eat & laugh heartily.
I even overheard one of them bragging about how connected he is to everyone in the hotel and I felt mocked.
I decided to leave. Unable to take it anymore, I called the waiter. He calmly told me: "Yours is a special order, being prepared by the chief chef himself.
Their orders were prepared hurriedly by students on attachment because the top chefs are busy with yours Sir. That's why they were served first. Please have some juice as you wait". I calmed down & waited patiently.
Shortly after, my meal was served by 6 waiters. Unknown to me, the owner of the hotel (who happened to be an old long lost friend of mine) saw me when I entered and decided to surprise me.
She changed my simple meal to a five-star meal. The party at the other table was shocked.
They couldn't stop staring. Suddenly they were the ones murmuring, asking why they didn't get that kind of service and meal.
Such is life! Some people are ahead of you and are eating now, laughing at you and talking about how they are smarter, wiser and better than you, how they are well connected, blessed, have money and are enjoying life.
You are waiting tirelessly wondering why it's taking so long to break through, You endure mockery and humiliation.
Maybe you have contemplated su***de, gone through depression or suffered severe mental anxiety.
Do not worry! The owner of the world has seen you & doesn't want you to be served a simple meal like those making a mockery of you. You're waiting long because yours is a special meal.
It takes time to prepare. And only chief chefs prepare them.
Wait for your meal and relax. When it comes that laughing party will be silenced for good.
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Glory in the Lord; O worshipers of God, rejoice. Search for him and for his strength, and keep on searching! Psalm 105:3,4 (TLB)
Jerome, one of the early Christians, said, “Ignorance of the Bible means ignorance of Christ.” Job once said, “I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.” Jeremiah said, “Thy words were found and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart.” To read the Bible one needs a “quiet time.” Christian students often ask, “How do you maintain your spiritual high? What do you do on a daily basis?” I tell them about my “quiet time.” Some days it is in the early-sometimes late-morning, sometimes evening. Without it, my Christian life would be a wilderness. Isaiah said, “They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles, they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint” (Isaiah 40:31).
So gain the strength of eagles, as the prophet suggested. Set a time each day when you can spend a few minutes alone with God.
Dear Lord, teach us to wait upon You, that we may know Your strength