21/03/2025
THE MISSION
Episode 100
Β© Ayo Omolayo
THREE YEARS LATER.
There's no day that you don't show me love.
There's no day that you don't help me out.
You have promised that you won't let me down.
And yes you are real, i'm not dreaming.
You are the one for me my Love.
I've seen you heal, i'm not dreaming.
You are the one for me my Love.
Yes you are real, you are so real.
You are the one for me my love.
We've seen you heal over again.
We trust you're doing more today.
We've seen you lift over again.
Over again Over Again eh eh.
Jesus Oh Jesus Oh Jesus Oh!
You've Captured my heart.
My love Oh My Love Oh My Love Oh
You've Captured my heart"
I ended my song and looked at the congregation in front of me.
"I am a living testimony to the proof that there is no life God cannot transform. I am here to announce to you that you are not too damaged for God to repair. He is the Potter and he has always been so perfect at his job. Imagine a porter who has been making pots for more than a thousand years? I believe that kind of Potter should have become an expert by now.
I am so glad I placed my life in his hands. I am so glad I trusted him with my entire being. I'm so excited I did not choose to doubt when he said let go. My heart is full of joy because when he told me he had a plan and a future for me I believed him.
Now I have a deep understanding of what God meant when he said in Jeremiah 29:11. For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
He led me into the fulfillment of all my expectations. He did not lead me there the way I expected, but he did. There were times when the journey looked very confusing, but I trusted him. And here I am a living testimony that there is no life God cannot transform.
I was lost! Completely lost to the desires of the flesh. All my loved ones had something bad to say about my lifestyle. No matter how hard I tried to do good I always found myself doing the opposite. It was a struggle for me because I felt like I was under a curse. I just couldn't point at what was wrong with me. But right now I completely testify that Jesus is the answer for this world today.
And I am so glad for this ministry he has placed under me. Not as if I am the best person to save but he chose me. One thing I have learned about God's chosen is that he doesn't take back. Even when you try to prove stubborn and tell him you are not qualified, he will keep telling Moses that he is the one who made the man's mouth.
I found myself like the biblical Moses denying and telling him I am not qualified. I never even saw myself going back to school. All I wanted was to have pleasure every day and run after whatever pleases me. I never saw myself starting a business or campus. It was really a shocker to me.
The Sharon that doesn't know how to cook owning a campus eatery. Wow! That is how mind-blowing God can be. When he started revealing to me that it was time to begin the work he has assigned me to do, I was afraid.
But then, He showed me a particular scripture and I meditated on it until it sank into me
Joshua 1:5. There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
I meditated continually on this scripture and then I understood Moses. I also understood, because he was telling me that Moses is not the Moses in the Bible I was reading about. He was referring to Tunde my husband, Telling me that just as he was with him that he was going to be with me.
I was filled with joy when I realized that it was not how strong I am that determined if I am going to succeed in this work. It had everything to do with his presence and his ability in me. This realization gave me all the confidence I needed and I launched out with boldness. God took time to prepare me for the purpose he has called me into. And here I am standing before you as we celebrate our three year anniversary.
Glory to God!" I said aloud
There were squeals of excitement and joyous roars in the hall.
"The Balm of Gilead ministry has recorded thousands of Souls saved over the years. A lot of lives healed from depression and wrong relationships. A lot of lives discovering purpose and pursuing their maker. Building an intimate relationship with God an affecting their world for Jesus.
Yes! This is what I was called to do. I was called to lead a generation to the master. I was called to help them find him and walk with him. And just like Apostle Paul would say I am not ashamed of the Gospel.
There have been a lot of experiences because it wasn't an easy journey. Might not be able to share all that happened with you, but I want to assure you that God was always with us. I am not here to boost because everything we achieved was by the mercies of God. I cannot take glory for something that belongs to my maker.
I want each and every one of you to know that this is what God can do when you surrender your life to him. I received a message on WhatsApp this morning from somebody, asking me a very important question we have always answered in this place.
Mama I have really disappointed God. Not once, not twice, but countless times. She went ahead to paste some scriptures for me, to validate her depression and perception about God.
Numbers 14:18. The LORD is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation.
Verse 22. Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice.
Verse 23. Surely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that provoked me see it.
She said God has a beautiful plan for her and had revealed it several times. But she has disappointed God more than 10 times. And if 10 times was enough for God to make up his mind that these people are never going to walk in his plans for them, but are going to perish without touching what God wants them touch, then she's doomed.
How can we keep failing God over and over and expect him to keep forgiving and forgiving? He's definitely going to deal with you for what you have done. He's definitely going to deny you of the blessings and plans it has for you.
Would you love to know my answer?
"Yes!" They all chorused.
"Matthew 18:21. Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?
Verse 22. Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.
No I want you to know something about God.
Acts 1:1. The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach.
Our emphasis in this scripture are those two words. All that Jesus began to do and to teach. This means that before Jesus started teaching us to do something, he has already been doing it. Jesus would never teach us to do something he would not do himself. He's not like those Pharisees and religious leaders who Jesus even advised us in scriptures to do what they teach, but not what we see them doing.
They have a balanced teaching A wrong examinary lifestyle. They teach the truth but do not obey or follow what they teach. Our Jesus is not like this kind of leaders. He's a leader who shows us what it means to submit to God by submitting to the death on the cross. Is a leader who shows us what humility is by watching the feet of his disciples. He's a leader who shows us what sacrifice is by laying down his life for us.
He's a teacher and a leader who gives us his own example to encourage us and tell us that you can do it. So if Jesus is teaching us to forgive 70 times 7, in a day? Take note the 70 times 7 God is referring to in that scripture is in a single day.
Then I believe he has done it over and over. I know you must be the worst thing on earth but I don't believe you can sin up to 490 times in a single day. You told a lie, you hated somebody, you gossiped, you insulted an elder. How many sins have I mention so far?"
"Four!" The crowd replied and there was an outburst of laughter.
"Remember we are balancing everything here. We are not telling you all this so that you can feel God is going to forgive so that we can continue committing sin. After all shall we continue in sin so that Grace will continue to about and what was the response the scripture gave us?"
"God forbid!" The crowd chorused.
"We are learning about the mercy of God so that we will not be victims of depression. This lady is already giving up already when God says, I have loved you with an everlasting love. We need to balance this so that we do not get a wrong impression of what we are trying to teach you. The Spirit of God is not a spirit of depression. Even the devil can bring up scriptures to trap you in sin. We saw him do that to Jesus when he was tempting him."
With that I made an altar call and so many people came out to surrender their lives to Jesus. I just couldn't help but smile as to how God could use such a vessel like me.
"T baby, can you please step forward and lead these people to say the sinner's prayer?" I said hk my husband.
I was now married to the love of my life. My expectations were not cut off. Tunde proposed to me a few months back and we had a 3 months courtship before we tied the knot.
My life has been full of joy and happiness. Having Jesus in life was the greatest thing that ever happened to me. Thanks for the prayers of this intercessor, who refused to give up on you and my destiny.
I gave him the mic and not minding I was before the congregation, pecked him on the cheek.
"I love you so much baby boy! Thank you so much for not giving up on me."
THE END.
I'm so glad and grateful to God for this successful journey. This story started last year and we have officially wrapped it up.
It's been an awesome journey with you all. The teachings and the lessons are numerous. We were revived and tremendously blessed by everything God unveiled to us.
What about Ella's story? There's a story about Susan, Juliet, Mummy Abayomi, but what about Ella? Smiles.
I guess you already know what's coming next πππππ
I was sleeping and on the first of January 2025, I received Ella's story while sleeping on my bed. I woke up and wrote down what I saw in the dream.
It's going to be a fun ride, but I'll be officially taking two weeks off writing before the new story will be unveiled.
The Gatekeeper season 2 and this story will be available in PDF next month. I'm so sorry for the delay in editing and all.
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INSPIRED BY THE BREAD OF LIFE
WRITTEN BY AYO OMOLAYO
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