It is really true that when your
relationship with God becomes stronger Satan also reinforces his tactics to counter
that. This statement was confirmed to be true on September 11 2012, the time I
would say I had a share of my very own “American September 11” experience. The
Tuesday morning of September 11, I woke up at 0540am to my alarm clock, which
is the usual time I get out of bed to get ready to go to work. As I put my feet
down from the bed, they felt a bit weird. Since I was just half awake, I lifted
my feet up onto the bed, thinking maybe I was just dreaming. I took a 5 minutes
nap and woke up again, set my feet on the ground and I felt that weirdness
again. I waddled about in the dark trying to see if the feeling would go away,
rather it got worse and I went straight to switching on the light. Behold,
surrounding my feet and every squared metre of my room was water! I stood there
for a few seconds baffled by what I saw. I opened my bedroom door to go see
what could be the source of the problem. I checked the bathrooms and everything
was ok, headed down the passage to the kitchen where there was a sound of
gushing water. Just under the kitchen I found a burst water pipe. It seemed
like the pipe burst just after midnight and water had been flowing to different
rooms in the house. I ran over to my mother’s room. She was still asleep at
that time. I woke her up and told her what had happened. I then proceeded to
the guest room to check if it was affected and unfortunately it was and it was
as bad as it was in my room and my mother’s room (Fully flooded).
Now, this is
the most amazing thing that my mother and I still can’t believe. The closest
room to the kitchen is the lounge area, which by the GRACE of the Almighty
seemed to have been strategically kept dry. The reason I use “strategically” is
because it seemed planned out and executed perfectly. 2/3rd of the
lounge area was completely DRY. The part that had electronic appliances,
adapters and extension cords lying on the floor was without even a drop of
water while the bedroom floors which are further away from the kitchen where
fully submerged in water. This was no doubt the work of the Lord. God only
knows what could have happened if the water went that far and I got out of bed
and stepped in water with flowing current! I give Glory and Honour to God for
having spared my life. I am alive because of his Grace over my life.
When I sat
down after all the work of moving furniture in and out of the house I
remembered that just on Sunday at church, Pastor Marc was preaching a message
entitled “Why we need the Holy Spirit?” and that on that day I began speaking
in tongues for the very first time. It then dawned to me that this whole
situation could have been an attempt by the devil to stop what the Lord has
planned for my life. (In other words my baptisms of the holy spirit was a
threat to the devil). It shook me for some time. But then again I remembered I
serve a mighty God, who is there for me in all circumstances. He has promised me
in Jeremiah 15: 20 that whoever fights against me shall not prevail for he is
with me, to save and deliver me. Blessed be the name of the Lord!! He shall
never leave nor forsake us!AMEN!!
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