Breaking Through

He knew the race to get a job would 
be a fierce battle
 He had three elder brothers and they 
all graduated with wonderful grades 
The first had to settle for teaching 
in order to make ends meet 
The second got himself into diesel supply 
business after months of praying and 
fasting for a job
The third teamed up with a friend to start
 a branding business! 
All of them were academically outstanding 
They searched diligently for a job 
They simply weren’t lucky! 
Not getting a job in time affected their 
life plans 
The first had planned to get married to a lady 
he met as an undergraduate 
The lady waited for him to propose 
He couldn’t propose because he didn’t 
have what it would take to keep a home 
The lady eventually met another man 
who wasn’t going to waste her time! 
She left him! 
He acted as if it didn’t hurt him, but it did! 
It set him back many years! 
The second one had the plan of going 
abroad to further his studies! 
He applied for all sorts of programmes 
and scholarships! 
He got it several times 
But his joy always lasted a short while 
Financially, the family could barely eat 
Where would they get the funds to 
support him? 
His life was one of dreams, hope and 
abstract successes, nothing tangible! 
A terrible life! 
The third has a tendency to go into crime! 
Especially because he studied programming
and knows a thing or two about internet
fraud
He was very desperate but somehow the
 fear of God and their mother’s tears 
stopped him! 
He was always complaining like a broken 
record! 
“This country had nothing for the youth! 
I should have made it by now,
I should have thrown caution to the wind
I would have been so rich now,
You guys know I know what to do
I will do it and find my way out of this
country!” 
But his brother never did! 
This was reality! 
When he was writing his final examinations, 
he decided he needed to hit the ground running! 
His family needed the break! 
He applied for a lot of jobs and prayed fervently
Eventually, he got some interviews 
He studied and prayed 
There was one interview in which he had 
gotten to the final stage 
Only for another young man with a business 
card to come in and get the job due to the 
weight of the name on the card!
 That was the height of it! 
He got home that day determined to hear 
from God or kill himself! 
It felt so much as if his family is under a spell! 
How can a widow with four sons who 
ought to be taking care of her be the one 
still practically feeding all her sons! 
None of them had made any headway in life! 
It was too much
He sent the Brother in Jeans and T-shirt 
a Direct Message 
"Sir, I don't mean to use this to get 
attention but I feel like commuting 
suicide! 
I cannot sit at home and join the 
welfare line! 
I have to break out or die! 
The brother in Jeans and T-shirt prayed 
with him! 
He told him help is coming
From the past! 
What!
 Help is coming from the past? 
The Brother in Jeans and T-shirt said 
“The Holy Spirit said help is coming 
for you from the past, 
it is coming soon” 
They prayed together again over the 
phone and he felt at peace! 
The next day, he got a message from 
his former IT supervisor! 
They worked together for only a month 
when he was still a student! 
The man was transferred and he was 
handed over to someone else! 
It was a season he had trashed in his mind 
because as much as he tried to make
 a good impression, the man he worked 
with didn’t see it! 
His former IT supervisor recommended 
him for a position with his organization! 
He was given his letter of employment 
three days later! 
His salary was so good, he was living in 
his own house that he built within a year! 
Funny enough, as soon as he broke out of 
the curse of stagnancy! 
His brothers and even his mother also 
broke out! 
His brothers got better jobs, got married 
and the one that desired to travel abroad 
was able to do so! 
Within two years, they had all left the 
shallow waters and started sailing on 
deeper waters! 
Glory be to God!

Ps: There is dignity in labor Work hard! 
There is a place called Bethel! 
Jacob had an encounter there twice 
The first time he had nothing 
The second time all he had was 
under threat! 
Both times he met with God 
Both times, the tide was turned 
in His favor! 

It is time to pray!