In my own opinion…
Well, my view on this issue is
that…
The above statements are common
lines we see in conversations, interviews, discussions, web forums, etc. people
always love to give their account of how a story or an information
appears/appeals to them. While this might be right and welcomed in some cases,
in other cases, your opinion is just not welcome.
A very good example of an
instance in which your opinion is not welcome is on issues regarding “God’s Servants”
and these includes Pastors, Bishops, Apostles, Prophets, etc. In short,
everyone that brandishes himself/herself as a “man-of-God”, friends, kindly
stay out of gossips and backbiting about them.
Haven’t you heard, “…touch not
mine anointed and do my prophets no harm…I Chronicles 16:19-23”. A whole lot of
individual most especially modern day youths have crippled, stagnated,
terminated their destiny simply by speaking ill men-of-God especially on issues
that does not concern them. Any issue in the news, everyone wants to voice
their say. Everyone has an opinion to voice out. Dear friends, the truth is,
your opinion doesn’t even count in righting a supposed wrong done by the
man-of-God, so why ensnare yourself by voicing such opinions?
The dictionary meaning of opinion
defines it as “…your feelings or thoughts about somebody/something rather than
a fact…”. So if it’s not about facts, who then cares about your opinion?
Day-in-day-out, you see different kinds of expressions on various social
platforms criticizing men-of-God. Phrases such as:
…Pastor Adeboye said
this … How
could he?
…Bishop Oyedepo did
that… What
right does he have?
…Pastor Oyakhilome
appeared like this… Is that
Godly?
…Apostle Tom Samson
bought that… What
flamboyance!
…Pastor Sam Adeyemi
said this… To
what end?
Didn’t you read about Elisha in
the Bible? II Kings 2:23-25. Little Children came out mocking and expressing
their opinion about Elisha. Elisha cursed them in the name of the Lord and we
saw what happened to 42 of them. Friends, if God didn’t spare LITTLE CHILDREN
for speaking ill of His servant, do you really think He will spare you for
slandering his prophet? Oh! You think it was because Elisha heard it and cursed
them? How about Moses who wasn’t even aware that Miriam and Aaron spoke ill of
him? The scripture records that “…and the Lord heard them…”. It was God that
heard them and disciplined them and even Moses had to plead on their behalf.
Numbers 12:1-15.
I was trying to enlighten someone
one day and his reply was that “We are ALL men-of-God…”. I just laughed at his
folly. Miriam and Aaron were also men-of-God in the sense of the word, but God
specifically mentioned in Numbers 12:6-8 that there are some people that their
class are higher than others. While the class of the Levites was higher than
that of the other tribes of the children of Israel, Miriam and Aaron’s class
was higher than that of the Levites, while Moses’ class was the Supreme in the
hierarchy. This tells us that God has reverence for His anointed. The Bible
says that he is a jealous God. He won’t permit slanderous comments about His
anointed.
Friends, don’t let issues that do
not concern you ensnare your life all because you decided to voice your opinion
on a social platform or in a discussion. Okay, you might say, what if they do
something wrong? Well, how about this, leave them to God, it’s between them and
God. The same Moses that God acted on his behalf was disciplined by God himself
when Moses disobeyed. Numbers 20:8-13. Despite the fact that Moses pleaded
severally later, God was adamant in His punishment…he never entered the
promised land.
Friends, take cover in any way
you can even if it means shutting your mouth, especially in this present age
that social platforms have given everyone an opportunity to voice their
opinion. You will think it’s all a joke or your opinion until the inevitable
starts happening in your life.
A man of God once told a story as
reported by a testifier…
A woman was in a church listening
to a sermon by a man-of-God, the preacher at a point made a statement, one
which the woman considered derogatory in her own opinion. Immediately, she
HISSED and left the church while the sermon continued. Few days later, an
object began to move in her tummy. She visited all known medical experts within
and outside the country all to no avail. The pain was so excruciating that
intercourse with the husband became impossible. The husband was almost
divorcing her as he visits other ladies to satisfy his sexual desires. In her
pain and despair, she visited a prophet and after narrating her ordeal, the
prophet prayed for her and caught the revelation that she had offended a
man-of-God and until that man-of-God forgives her and prays for her, the pain
will linger till death. After several thoughts and consideration, she
remembered and returned to this man-of-God she hissed at during his sermon. The
man of God claimed ignorance of the step God took on his behalf. He asked God
for mercy on her behalf and the woman was loosed and her home restored.
My advice, stay off gatherings,
platforms, discussions, etc that speaks ill of men-of-God no matter what wrong
you think they might have done. Your opinion doesn’t count, keep it to yourself
because if God hears it…
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