“That generator is stolen, and
you can recover it” was impressed on the police man as he saw a tricycle
speeding by 7.ooam of 22nd May on the opposite side of the
Enugu-Port Harcourt expressway. “If it is so then God slow them down” he prayed
as he turned the car around to pursue. The LORD told
David, "Pursue them! You will definitely overtake them and rescue the
captives." 1Sam 30:8 (ISV). Upon reaching
and blocking them, 2 occupants fled. Very suspicious, the policeman immediately
called for backup. Not knowing I had been robbed at night, I left in the
morning as usual. Our children had woken up crying at night but we calmed them.
I didn’t realise robbers were in the compound. I lie down and
sleep, I wake up, because the LORD sustains me. I will not fear multitudes of
people, who set themselves against me on every side. Ps 3:5, 6(ISV)
The driver claimed total ignorance, and the one with the generator claimed
to be authorised to repair it. He called the supposed owner on phone who said to
the policeman “I am the owner and gave
him to repair it so I can watch a match at night. Mind your own business” but
refused to give his location. So an arrest was made and the suspect came to my
street to identify the owner, and pointed to a different house. When the guard of
that house spoke over the phone in Hausa warning his listeners not to show up,
that 2 had fled and the police were around, he was also arrested. The policeman
was multilingual and overheard it. He had the guard call the mistress of the
house (who incidentally is a member of my church) to inform her of his arrest
for complicity in suspected theft. The guard was sent on a tricycle to meet
with those he had spoken with, that he was bringing their stuff for them. The
police overtook him on the way and waited near the rendezvous. “Why
did you bring the police for us? Tell them we are not coming. We could’ve shot
you, we are seeing you” the unseen said to the guard on the phone. So the
police asked him to go back, and left after about an hour of unfruitful vigil.
About 6pm I got back into the house and went to put on my generator.
Lo! I could find it nowhere. So I got a torch from my wife as I informed her
what I noticed. Some blocks had been placed on the ground next to the wall to
enable them escape. I wondered how the thieves lifted the generator out. I then
went to inform my neighbour about the loss. “Is the generator yours?” he asked “No other neighbour has been able to
identify the generator. Come to the police station and claim it.” And so I
went to the station where I was told “Are
you the one? It is your ‘man of God’ type that is genuine.” It was there
the whole story was told me. God has been at work on our behalf and I never
knew what was going on. I identified the generator as mine indeed, made the
relevant statements and collected it and took it back home.
Indeed “no weapon
that is forged against you will be effective. This is the heritage of the
LORD's servants, and their righteousness from me," says the LORD Is
54:17(ISV).
Chukwudi Chukwubuihem is a canon in Enugu
diocese, Anglican communion
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