The Broken Snare

Sometime back in 2011, I was one of the protocol and security staff of one of the pastors in the city. At the time I was serving in the military as an intelligence officer- one of the elite units in the military.

One Sunday, a pastor came to our church and after preaching, she made an alter call that there was a certain young man in the church who had been walking rightly with God but had started going astray. God was calling the young man back to repentance. She also warned that Satan was seeking to destroy the life and destiny of the young man.

This pastor went on to describe what the young man has started doing. While seated at the back, I have never been so sure that the person being described was me but pride took the better of me and I failed to heed the call.

My life went on a downward spiral. I was on autopilot on self destruction mode.

Fast forward to 31st May 2017 and I am seated in a courtroom waiting for the trial magistrate to read out the judgment in a case I had been charged. That later call that was made in 2011 replayed full in my mind.

I shed tears and said a prayer to God. I knew that I was in this coz of disobedience. I remember asking God to give me the grace to withstand whatever judgment came my way.

Well, I was sentenced to a lengthy prison sentence. I stayed in there for 2 good years.

After one and half years, God send pastor Jeff of Uzima centre to me. He would go on to tell me that I would be out of the prison in the next 6 months and so many other things.

I was like, “yoh, stop joking…..” My appeal had stayed in the courts for all that time without being heard and here was a pastor telling me I would be out….How? Prison break?

Long story short, things worked mysteriously and I found myself in the high court waiting for judgment of my appeal which I won and regained my freedom. Guess the next person I looked for?

When a young person gives Satan the chance, his first action is try to kill the entire destiny of that person.

I have been to university twice, dropping out in very strange circumstances….

I even dropped out of aeronautical engineering class just when I was about to be given a practicing licence…

You shouldn’t feel pity for me. I am sharing this story to encourage anyone walking in holiness to God to hold on to that as if all his/her life depends on the same…..

Two weeks ago while in church, the Lord spoke mightly concerning my life. That’s one of the things I had been trusting Him for.

This entire story is captured in a book I have written titled The Broken Snare available both as an ebook and paperback