Over the weekend, I preached Jesus to a young man of twenty one years. He told me that he plans to get born again when he reaches the age of thirty, although he does not know whether he might die and go to hell before then. His reason for not accepting Jesus Christ now is that he has to first enjoy life as a young person. I am reminded of another man years ago, who, in the process of trying to con me of money, instead enabled me to share the gospel with him. His response, as he laughed so hard because I had not fallen for his con trick, was that since I had first made money and then got saved, he too was going to do the same. Of course his assertion was false because at that time I was a student at University, living off the little pocket money from my not-well-to-do parents.

Read more: The Blessings of Obedience, Part 2 (9th Feb 2022)

While prayer-walking in our beautiful compound yesterday evening, I couldn’t but thank God for the great reward of our lovely house and home. At that moment, our sweet daughters Eden and Abigail passed by, and I again thanked God for them too, when I remembered that the miracles that surrounded their births were because of my obedience to an instruction regarding generosity that God had given me more than a decade earlier. It is in that state of gratitude for those particular blessings and others that I was inspired to continue walking in the way of obedience to God, even when He does not tell me the good that will come out of it. It is my prayer that you too will be encouraged to simply obey what God tells you to do for Him, so that you live a blessed life.

Read more: The Blessings of Obedience, Part 1 (2nd Feb 2022)