God will build for you week 44, 2010

“You will know when you come” said the police man. I had been summoned to the DO’s office for conduct likely to cause breach of peace. Surely I had no quarrels with anyone. What came to mind was the reallocation of our flat to new tenants. The Enugu State Housing Development Corporation had reassigned the flat we lived in to new tenants, and refused to continue collecting rent. The new tenant had come over to see the flat and we had assured him of our commitment to leave in September which was barely 4 months away. So commited were we that I signed an undertaking at the office of the sole administrator to leave at that time. My wife was heavy with our second baby and had lost weight in the pregnancy due to the incessant pressure. Before our eyes uniformed men would bring out neighbours’ belongings in planned evictions. Once a family’s belongings were thrown out in every one’s glare and another family moved in. A neighbour who worked at the ESHDC alerted us there was a plot to evict us that weekend and urged immediate action. Unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul. O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me Psa 25:1, 2 (KJV).
Five years before this I had been involved in a rural church building project. The church (to my displeasure) calls out the amount you give at each occasion, and owing to my position I was easily the highest digit giver. Only God knows the highest giver. He said, "I tell you that this poor widow put in more than all the others. For the others offered their gifts from what they had to spare of their riches; but she, poor as she is, gave all she had to live on."Luk 21:3, 4(GNB). I kept giving, though I doubted I would be rewarded as it was so open. During the harvest that year he prophesied, “As you are giving to build God’s house so will people build a house for you!” Now that is the height of it all; saying things just to get people to give. These pastors sef. Well I gave as I could, not trusting what the pastor said. I give to God who sees me.
I had rented accommodation, I was just a junior resident fighting to pass exams. My dad had land but building was not yet. So I thought. With all the pressure building became an attractive option. The architect put up a drawing for free, the local government authority approved them in record time without an extra charge, people loaned me money to build and repeated attempts to repay was refused. The builder was confirmed by revelation to my wife and in six weeks he put up a 2 bedroom bungalow for us to move into. He has refused to tell me how much I owe him till date. Believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper2Ch 20:20 (KJV). Lest I forget: no one threw out our property. We left on our own on September 22.