WE REFUSED TO REDUCE SALARIES DURING LOCKDOWN
THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST ECONOMICALLY BUOYANT CHURCH INSTITUTIONS ON EARTH NOT JUST IN NIGERIA.
ALL THESE ARE THE RESULTS OF PROMPT OBEDIENCE TO GOD’S INSTRUCTIONS PER TIME.
SINCE I LEARNT THAT ANYTIME YOU ARE LOOKING UP TO MAN FOR HELP, YOU ARE NOT LOOKING UP TO GOD, I HAVE VOWED NEVER TO LOOK UP TO ANYBODY FOR ANYTHING WE WANT TO DO.
IF GOD DOESN’T MAKE IT AVAILABLE, WE DON’T NEED IT. WHEN HE MAKES IT AVAILABLE, THEN WE NEED IT.
This is one of the most economically buoyant Church institutions on earth not in Nigeria, on earth. We are not trying to pay off any debt, we are not trying to borrow, no overdraft from any bank. Nothing. No adjustment of salary during the lockdown, no delayed payment. All these are the results of prompt obedience. Genesis 22:17-18. Prompt response will always provoke a sworn blessing. My prayer is that each one’s struggle will come to an end this time. Whatever He tells you to do from His word, please go for it fast. Every light is for a while. When the Lord showed me the mystery of Church Growth, that same month we printed ‘Come and See’ March 1984 and went to the marketplace and all shopping areas with the few copies we had. We are still ‘Come and See’ today. Tomorrow morning they are still going to share ‘Come And See’ tracts for next Sunday. It is not “we are coming, let’s plan first”. The moment He says it, the plan is finished. That is the way to walk with God. My prayer is that no one will be a victim of delayed response anymore.
“My son, you have two eyes. Can you make one look up and the other look down? No! Anytime you are looking up to man, never claim to be looking unto me”. Psalm 34:5. When God told me, I tried whether one could look up and the other look down. It didn’t work.
That was September 6th 1983. Encounters are not things you forget. Real encounters stick to you for life. So I vowed never to look up to anybody for anything we want to do. If God doesn’t make it available, we don’t need it. When He makes it available, then we need it. Somebody’s story is changing. You will not be servants of men anymore.
– Bishop David Oyedepo on ‘UNDERSTANDING THE POWER OF OBEDIENCE PART 1A’ at June 2022 Spiritual Week of Emphasis Day 1 || Faith Tabernacle, Canaanland Ota.
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