Help Cometh

His younger brother sneaked into 
his room at 9am in the morning, 
"Bro, he said, I was chased out of 
the examination hall. 
I had barely written a line when the 
school fees enforcement team arrived, 
the first problem was my inability to 
present an examination card! 
I cried & begged
Told them I had lost it. 
Then they checked the list of defaulters!
 And there it was, my name, written in 
capital letters! I was chased out! 
After all the weeks of praying and fasting, 
God didn't come through as promised!"
It was bad
They were both experiencing a very 
tough year!
They were students of a private university! 
His younger brother was a year ahead of him! 
They both knew meeting up with the school 
fees would be tough for their parents but 
they were tired of seating at home! 
His younger brother took the bold 
step a year ahead of him
It is better to try and fail than not to 
try at all!
The first year was tough but somehow, 
help came! 
They were neck-deep in debt as friends 
and colleagues had to help them out! 
For weeks sometimes all they had to 
eat were mangoes plucked on trees 
within the school compound
There was no opportunity to work 
and study! 
They were both believers, campus 
fellowship leaders! 
They know the Lord, they know the 
Holy Spirit and yet...
They fasted, prayed and cried until 
they had blisters all over their mouths!
Poverty made an open show of them, 
a parade...
His younger brother had preached 
about faith and declared that the God 
of the eleventh hour would come 
through as usual!
This was why his younger brother 
sneaked into his room!
How do you face your fellowship members 
and explain that Elijah got God to show 
up but you couldn't?
He was staring down the barrel himself! 
He had a paper the next morning! 
He decided that there was no point 
getting disgraced out of the examination 
hall!
If God didn't show up, he would just 
sleep in his room!
He would rather pretend that he was ill 
than be publicly disgraced
The next morning, he didn't leave his 
room! 
His classmates started writing the
 first paper by 9am! 
Another fellowship leader came to
 his room, "Bro, we want to travel to 
Lagos and pick up the daily devotional 
we share to the students! 
Since you're not busy today, 
can you join us?
He dressed up hurriedly and jumped into 
the bus! It was better than mopping all 
day like Jeremiah! When they got to 
their destination, the publishers of the 
devotional were shocked by the number 
of copies they requested for! 
They were referred to the CEO of the 
organization
The CEO welcomed them and asked 
them questions about their school 
and how effective the devotionals were 
on campus!As they took their leave, the 
CEO turned to him and said 
"Wait, The Holy Spirit just asked me 
to pay your school fees"
How much is it?
He told her
She transferred it
He was shocked to the marrow!
God came through but he had missed 
a paper and would have to resit for the 
paper the following year! 
His CGPA would take a hit.
But half bread...
As soon as they got to campus, 
the news came!
The HOD had cancelled the paper 
written that morning!
Wawu!!! There were some errors in 
the question which could mislead the 
students and affect their answers!
The HOD was caught in a hold-up and 
couldn't get to campus on time to 
supervise the process
He trashed the examination and 
rescheduled it to be written weeks later
He was too shocked to speak! 
He could only cry!
That same day, his younger brother got 
his school fees cleared by an 
anonymous helper! 
He was sent the receipt the next 
morning! (Had to resit two papers) 
These events happened in Bowen 
University, Iwo, 2006!

Help is on the way!