03/06/2022
IF GOD WAS A DRIVER, HE WOULD FALL IN POTHOLES ON THE ROAD.
It was one fateful morning when I got into a heated argument with a uber driver. My boss at work, had on the previous day, infringed my patience, having informed me that I was among the selected people for a business trip outside the city of Lagos.
Heaven bears me witness how much I love new adventures but why on earth should the trip come on a day I had strategically adjusted my schedules so I could attend Tabitha's wedding??!!
Tabitha was my friend in fellowship back in my university days. Have you seen a babe who slays in Spirit and in truth? A babe whose tonguing radiates into the inner chambers of the belly of men. Tabitha was every man's lady. She was deemed ministry-fit by many brothers in fellowship. Her knowledge of the word and her handling of prayer sessions would not only edify and bless lives but also leave many brothers dreaming of a home with her.
The day she broke the news of her engagement to one brother Leviticus who didn't belong to our fellowship, was one of the few times I saw the raw power of God at work on campus. The power was so strong that men were broken down and rendered helpless on the ground . I saw tears roll down the cheeks of men and I was wowed by the level at which men were cut to the earth just by the ministration of a firetic lady. Having just returned from the lecture room, these were the assumptions of my curious self as I entered the church auditorium and beheld men on the ground.
Then I saw some people awwwning here and there with grins on their faces. I decided to move closer to Iyanu to ask her what was going on then she told me that it was just being announced that Tabitha had gotten engaged and I couldn't help but also awwwnn.
The fellowship president and few other guys quickly rushed to carry bro Revival, bro Anointing and bro Rhema who had fallen to the ground. The manner with which they fell to the ground would make you think they were falling down according to their matric number. It was at this point I knew that these three young men of God actually fell under the 'announcement" and not under the annointing.
I had put every preparations in place to attend Tabitha's wedding before I received this sad news from my boss at work. I went home that day with so much anger in me and the following morning, as I was set to leave for work, I ordered a ride from uber as my custom were, and lo and behold, the driver came and we got going. The driver kept jamming into potholes and it kept sending shivers into my spine. I apparently knew the road was bad and not because of a novish driving, but the pain that I would no longer be going to Tabitha's wedding made me transfer my aggression on the driver. "Oga small small o, don't send me into early grave this early morning with this your nonsense driving o" I yelled at the driver. "Shey na me dey do nonsense driving? Where your papa dey when I begin dey drive motor?" He yelled back! "Sha carry me go where you dey carry me go make I come down quick quick. I no fit let person kill me before my time" I said.
I got to my destination and I alighted from the car. After I paid for the ride, I wanted to give the driver a bad review then I saw the previous reviews others had given him and I was humbled. This man had the best review of all the uber drivers in the company and he had recently won an award for the best driver of the year and this was a man I had termed as a nonsense driver doing a nonsense driving
Then the Holy Spirit ministered to my heart. "No matter the expertise of the driver, he can't avoid potholes on the road" I didn't understand this at first. Then I also heard, "The condition of the road doesn't make the driver bad" I maintained silence in my spirit to listen more, then He began to shed more light on those words.
He said, "My son, do you know that this is how many of my sons rubbish me when they encounter one difficulty or the other in life?" When a man comes into Christ, Christ becomes the driver of the person's life and the fact that Christ is the driver doesn't mean there won't be potholes on the road. The problems you encounter in life are just like potholes on the road, they don't stop your destination. We all have different roads to thread and it is different road with different potholes. Some potholes are big, some are small but God still remains the driver.
God was the driver of Joseph's life. On the road that God made Joseph thread as far as Joseph's destiny was concerned, there were three major potholes on the road. One was the hatred, envy and strifes his brothers had towards him, the second was when they sold him and threw him into a pit. The third was the prison he was sent to after the false rape-attempt accusation.
When Joseph found himself in those situations, God was still his driver and it didn't mean that God was wicked. Those were just the potholes on Joseph's road as God drove him through the journey of life and destiny.
Stop blaming God for the problems you are going through today, He is the driver of your life and your life is safe with Him. No matter the potholes on the road, He will surely get you to your destination. Don't focus on the potholes, focus on the destination. Stop wondering why your life is the way it is, stop wondering why you have to go through those situations. A car doesn't stay too long on a pothole for too long. It zooms off the pothole in a jiffy. What you are going through is just a phase which shall soon pass.
I know the fire you are passing through looks like it will burn you. I know the river you are passing through looks like it will overflow you but, Isaiah 43:2 says "When you paas through the waters, I'll be with you. When you pass through rivers, it'll not overflow you and when you pass through the fire, it will not burn you."
You and God are both in that fire but can fire burn God? If the fire cannot burn God, definitely it cannot burn you. God is with you in that river but can the river overflow God? If the river cannot overflow God, definitely it can't overflow you.
Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the plans I have for you," says the Lord. "They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.
© ADEDEJI TAIWO PETER.
© WRITER OF WISDOM - WOW, 2022.
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